Category: Windows 8

Windows 8 Logo

This is the most significantly redesigned Windows logo in 20 years.

With Windows 8, we approached the logo redesign with a few key goals on mind.
1. We wanted the new logo to be both modern and classic by echoing the International Typographic Style (or Swiss design) that has been a great influence on our Metro style design philosophy. Using bold flat colors and clean lines and shapes, the new logo has the characteristics of way-finding design systems seen in airports and subways.
2. It was important that the new logo carries our Metro principle of being “Authentically Digital”. By that, we mean it does not try to emulate faux-industrial design characteristics such as materiality (glass, wood, plastic, etc.). It has motion – aligning with the fast and fluid style you’ll find throughout Windows 8.
3. Our final goal was for the new logo to be humble, yet confident. Welcoming you in with a slight tilt in perspective and when you change your color, the logo changes to reflect you. It is a “Personal” Computer after all.

I don’t mind it at all. Very clean. Definitely has a ‘metro’ feel to it.

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Here’s a Windows logo timeline.
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This is officially blogged at Microsoft’s Windows Team Blog.
What are your thoughts?
Some others have made their own redesign of this logo:
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Step By Step Windows 8 Installation on VirtualBox

NOTE:  This post will have a lot of screenshots.  Lower bandwidth connections beware!
 
This is a visual walk through of Windows 8 installation.  I ran this setup to provide screenshots using Windows 7 Professional 64bit with Oracle’s VirtualBox 4.1.2 and installed Windows 8 from the Windows 8 Developer Preview 32bit ISO.
You can download Windows 8 Setup Screenshots in ZIP at Windows 8 Setup Screenshots Download
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