Windows 8 New Logo Confirmed by Microsoft

[z3r010]

Keep what we have, I think the new logo sucks.

 

[Golden]

Hehe! No punches pulled

 

[NecroticisM666]

hmmmm..kinda lame logo

 

[panais]

Keep what we have, I think the new logo sucks.

I agree with this!

 

[WolfSoul]

The logo looks as good as the product...

 

[delmoon01]

does not look impressive. its way too simple

 

[Layback Bear]

What is the word I'm for?????? UGLY. Yes a UGLY Logo that's it.

 

[Trucidation]

It's bland looking because the entire Metro UI is simple and elegant. I think Metro looks great and I'm sure using the right colour with the Windows logo, the new Windows logo will look great.

As long as it's confined to the Metro skin and we have a desktop alternative, I don't really care, and I suspect the same goes for everyone else who also doesn't how Metro looks. If they replaced the desktop concept entirely for Metro though, we'd have a problem...

 

[legacy7955]

This logo looks sterile ....does anyone remember the stunt that "The Gap" pulled last year, where they unveiled a horrid looking new logo and immediately pulled it because the original logo is part of their identity?

I think this version is HORRID! I mean really bad.

I agree if anything MS should let the customers have input. In reality Windows has become a sort of national icon in the USA.

I personally like the Sponge Bob version someone posted, but excepting that the current version is immediately recognizable to everyone. The new crappy version looks like MS is trying to be crApple.

One thing I do agree with is that MS needs to look back to the more "friendly" feeling they had in the beginning and perhaps that is why they are looking at this old style logo...But it just is too cold and sterile .

MS would do themselves a BIG favor if they started to be more approachable like they were when they first started.

 

[M1GU31]

Keep what we have, I think the new logo sucks.

:devil:best description yet

 

[DJ Digital]

somehow the 8 logo does not impress me at all

curious what changes will be from 7 or xp

 

[vaidas3]

Why do they call it 8, or why is 7 called 7? From my count niether of them are the 7th or 8th edition. I kind of liked the name Vista because it got microsoft away from the number system.

i think its because
windows 2000 was version 5.0
windows XP was version 5.1
windows vista was version 6.0
so windows 7 is 7 that is the number after 6, well really its only modified vista version thus real version 6.1 (look help>about windows) but its bad for marketing to have windows 6.1 so windows 7 sounds better

 

[JerometheGiraff]

It's a Horrible Logo, Horrible. Reminds me of this logo;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFVtU1lV52g

 

[linnemeyerhere]

The devil will be in the details. I'm not currently planned to build or upgrade a W8 system for quite a while and unless the reports start coming back the W8 does amazingly better things in a desktop/full system set up it just appears to be a hybrid design to bring advance features to mobile environs. With this being the case the look of the logo neither enhances or detracts.....it's just there.

 

[HammerHead]

Why do they call it 8, or why is 7 called 7? From my count niether of them are the 7th or 8th edition. I kind of liked the name Vista because it got microsoft away from the number system.

i think its because
windows 2000 was version 5.0
windows XP was version 5.1
windows vista was version 6.0
so windows 7 is 7 that is the number after 6, well really its only modified vista version thus real version 6.1 (look help>about windows) but its bad for marketing to have windows 6.1 so windows 7 sounds better

Wait a minute Dos 6.0 was a total failure so they came out with 6.! and it succeded.

 

[Britton30]

1. Windows 3.1
2. Windows 95
3. Windows 98
4. Windows ME
5. Windows 2000
6. Windows XP
7. Windows, uhh 7

 

[Phone Man]

1. Windows 3.1
2. Windows 95
3. Windows 98
4. Windows ME
5. Windows 2000
6. Windows XP
7. Windows, uhh 7

OPPS! 7. Windows Vista

Jim

 

[Britton30]

1. Windows 3.1
2. Windows 95
3. Windows 98
4. Windows ME
5. Windows 2000
6. Windows XP
7. Windows, uhh 7

OPPS! 7. Windows Vista

Jim

Take out ME or 2000.

 

[Phone Man]

1. Windows 3.1
2. Windows 95
3. Windows 98
4. Windows ME
5. Windows 2000
6. Windows XP
7. Windows, uhh 7

OPPS! 7. Windows Vista

Jim

Take out ME or 2000.

Mike Nash, Microsoft's vice-president of Windows product management said:

The decision to use the name Windows 7 is about simplicity. Simply put, this is the seventh release of Windows, so therefore Windows 7 just makes sense. Coming up with an all-new 'aspirational' name does not do justice to what we are trying to achieve, which is to stay firmly rooted in our aspirations for Windows Vista, while evolving and refining the substantial investments in platform technology in Windows Vista into the next generation of Windows.[9][10]
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Numbering this version of Windows as "7" has confused many users, so on October 14, 2008, Nash clarified his earlier remarks, saying:[11][12]

The very first release of Windows was Windows 1.0, the second was Windows 2.0, the third Windows 3.0. Here's where things get a little more complicated. Following Windows 3.0 was Windows NT which was code versioned as Windows 3.1. Then came Windows 95, which was code versioned as Windows 4.0. Then, Windows 98, 98 SE and Windows Millennium each shipped as 4.0.1998, 4.10.2222, and 4.90.3000, respectively. So we're counting all 9x versions as being 4.0. Windows 2000 code was 5.0 and then we shipped Windows XP as 5.1, even though it was a major release we didn't want to change code version numbers to maximize application compatibility. That brings us to Windows Vista, which is 6.0. So we see Windows 7 as our next logical significant release and 7th in the family of Windows releases...There's been some fodder about whether using 6.1 in the code is an indicator of the relevance of Windows 7. It is not. Windows 7 is a significant and evolutionary advancement of the client operating system. It is in every way a major effort in design, engineering and innovation. The only thing to read into the code versioning is that we are absolutely committed to making sure application compatibility is optimized for our customers.[12]
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[Britton30]

I checked Wiki and it looked like there have been about 20 Windows OS's, not counting the server editions.