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Microsoft has a new logo, after 25 years

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief August 24, 2012 · 1 min read

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We just can’t ignore the news that Microsoft has changed their corporate logo. The announcement was made yesterday and the new logo represents a fresh new image for the Redmond company.

The photo below shows the new logo (on top) and the old logo (bottom part).

The new logo is more colorful and resembles closely the look of Windows and the Metro UI. The part where it took us by surprise was the fact that Microsoft has not changed their logo in the last 25 years.

You folks like the new Microsoft logo?

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62 Comments

Bob · 14 years ago

It reminds me of AVG Anti-Virus and Photoblog.com’s logos. http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m99u8z5AoC1qa2wo1o1_400.png

Mitee de la Cruz · 14 years ago

just to clarify things dahil napapansin ko mali sagot ng iba…. Microsoft logo po ito at hindi windows… from (http://hardgeek.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/microsoft-logo14.jpg) to the one posted above….

Rahul · 14 years ago

As per graphic knowledge concern : Either previous was fine or if they wanted to change then they should have given new styles or such related things. Coz this present logo is like Four Square cigarette copy. I do not like.

baskinificent · 14 years ago

It doesn’t matter which is which; The system is more important.

batnet · 14 years ago

I like the new logo :D cool!

rafraf · 14 years ago

I like the new one. Clean. Minimalist. I’m not really a fan of italics.

Edwin C · 14 years ago

Like very much.

Variouztrickz · 14 years ago

Like the new logo! Modern yet simple!

Yuja · 14 years ago

Still prefer the old Logo. The new one still looks old. IMHO

Obed Cutaran · 14 years ago

I thought that the top logo was the old one. I don’t like it.

In my opinion walang wow factor I don’t like the font, the mark feels too common. Though I say the color combination was ok.

I still like the old one, simple yet very appealing. Specially the letters “OS”

tim · 14 years ago

I like the new logo. Just shows how dedicated they are to windows 8.

Nayr · 14 years ago

Cool!

les · 14 years ago

dapat ung old logo nilagyan na lang nila ng 4 colored squares sa gilid…

Jess · 14 years ago

well, the logo looks fine but nothing is astonishing, I also prefer the old one.

paul · 14 years ago

For those who are saying that this is a new logo, you got it wrong! The “new” logo is actually an old logo used by Microsoft for the commercial of Windows 95!

Here’s a video showing my proof:
http://youtu.be/Tw-GGT6900s

abrahamdsl · 14 years ago

WTF?! Shouldn’t have included the Windows Logo at best. But still, I prefer the old one.

Glen · 14 years ago

plagiarized from Fast Dial Firefox addon?
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/fast-dial-5721/#id=5721

Jim · 14 years ago

Are you sure?

Glen · 14 years ago

not saying they plagiarized. That’s why it has a question mark :)

Looks similar though

chinitoguy · 14 years ago

I love the new MICROSOFT logo! Its a mark of a fresh new start for them and a mark that Microsoft will crush Apple once and for all.

hey_jay · 14 years ago

minimalist approach ei!

Paul A. · 14 years ago

Yes old school rocks.
And, MS has the impression of being high tech, with the feel of 3d logo, this one is just flat.

Maybe clean is the new black?!

brent · 14 years ago

cool!

Mark · 14 years ago

The old logo still looks better, IMHO.

Erick · 14 years ago

Parang colors ng google chrome.

Jim · 14 years ago

Google Chrome copied the 4 colors of Microsoft Windows, and made a new design out of it..

robbie · 14 years ago

@Justin: it’s called innovation, you can’t categorize it with fix/broken. wew

grrr · 14 years ago

wew? Wew? WEW? Yuck, kadiri ka.

Justin · 14 years ago

You call slapping an OS with a new UI innovation? Wow! Talk about shallow.

Justin · 14 years ago

They changed their logo to look like Metro UI in the hopes that more people would adopt it (Metro UI). Personally, I don’t like it. As the saying goes, why fix something that ain’t broken?