And you thought the Windows 8 logo was bad?

[noisyturtle]

Just imagine having this travesty on your keyboard:

[Belfong]

Looks like G to me. Yucks.

[Lastpilot]

Pretty sure this is just a promotional icon and not the official windows icon. Or at least I sure hope so.

[Findecanor]

Blocky man peeking at me from around a corner ...

[Puddsy]

can i have win 95 logo back please

it's the best one

[Belfong]

I actually like Windows 7's logo the best! Symmetrical. Simplistic.

[bianco]

i don't really mind what microsoft uses for their os icon... as long as the keysets have novelty keys that i can replace it with on my keyboard.

[user 18]

can i have win 95 logo back please

it's the best one

Preach it.

[Findecanor]

I actually like Windows 7's logo the best! Symmetrical. Simplistic.

It was basically the same from Windows XP to Windows 7, except that it was on a round button in Windows Vista.

I agree. They could just have made it into a two-colours and kept the shape.

[bueller]

Just imagine having this travesty on your keyboard:

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Vom. God I hope they don't use that at launch, they should just stick with the W8 logo. Looks classy.

[CommonCurt]

Just imagine having this travesty on your keyboard:

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I actually like Windows 7's logo the best! Symmetrical. Simplistic.

Second favorite for me.

can i have win 95 logo back please

it's the best one

Amen

[mogo]

That 9 couldn't possibly be the new one, it's not actually a, you know... window. MS's marketing isn't that stupid. But what if... <_< hmmm

[jacobolus]

Y’all should just give up and start putting “lose” keys on your keyboards.

[itskuroi]

we need more g keys to spam in video games, microsoft is appeasing us

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

can i have win 95 logo back please

it's the best one

Classic Windows logo is best Windows logo.

LONG LIVE:

[Findecanor]

That 9 couldn't possibly be the new one, it's not actually a, you know... window. MS's marketing isn't that stupid. But what if... <_< hmmm
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Looks like bars on a cell window ...

[epzy]

terribad :|

[DasHHKBProM]

source:http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/06/bills_milestones/source/5.htm

[mogo]

Looks like bars on a cell window ...

Aren't we all prisoners to the Microsoft regime? (hush, i know we're not, but change is scary.) 

[Tiramisuu]

A rerelease of XP might be preferable to the current batch of os yuck.

[vivalarevolución]

Reminds me of Tetris.

[_PixelNinja]

I must be the only person who likes the Win 8 logo...

[FrostyToast]

Why hasn't MS commented on his thread yet?

[katushkin]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29431412

Apparently they are skipping 9 and going straight for 10.

Huh.

[SpAmRaY]

whew....dodged a bullet with this one now we can all have



for our windows keys!

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

Why hasn't MS commented on his thread yet?

He must be busy with his presidential duties...

[jacobolus]

April Fools *****es!
http://www.infoworld.com/article/2613504/microsoft-windows/microsoft-skips--too-good--windows-9--jumps-to-windows-10.html

[SpAmRaY]

They really should have called it Windows 'X'

[fohat.digs]

The XP/7 version was very nice.

I like some color but I can do without movement.

[samwisekoi]

I thought this was going to be a Corsair Gaming logo thread,

You know, keyboards and all.

 - Ron | samwisekoi
Typed on Linux and a Model M with blank spaces where the ugly keycaps would go.

[SpAmRaY]

I thought this was going to be a Corsair Gaming logo thread,

You know, keyboards and all.

 - Ron | samwisekoi
Typed on Linux and a Model M with blank spaces where the ugly keycaps would go.

that would be here -> http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=63083.30

[Findecanor]

April Fools *****es!
http://www.infoworld.com/article/2613504/microsoft-windows/microsoft-skips--too-good--windows-9--jumps-to-windows-10.html

... and then Microsoft does it for real.

BTW, Microsoft's web site is making it extraordinarily difficult for me to find and link to an original press release... Convoluted and difficult, just like most Microsoft products... 
My mom was without her Hotmail account for two months because they had imposed two-factor authentication on her and not explained what it was or how it worked, and we had to jump through hoops to make it possible to log in again, and it could only be reactivated at the first of the following months... And you can see this pattern in a lot of other Microsoft software as well. I mean... is it company policy to make software user-unfriendly???  It looks sometimes like a conspiracy to keep people with MCSE certifications employed ...

[SpAmRaY]

April Fools *****es!
http://www.infoworld.com/article/2613504/microsoft-windows/microsoft-skips--too-good--windows-9--jumps-to-windows-10.html

... and then Microsoft does it for real.

BTW, Microsoft's web site is making it extraordinarily difficult for me to find and link to an original press release... Convoluted and difficult, just like most Microsoft products... 
My mom was without her Hotmail account for two months because they had imposed two-factor authentication on her and not explained what it was or how it worked, and we had to jump through hoops to make it possible to log in again, and it could only be reactivated at the first of the following months... And you can see this pattern in a lot of other Microsoft software as well. I mean... is it company policy to make software user-unfriendly??? 

i just googled it...

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/sep14/09-30futureofwindowspr.aspx

[CommonCurt]

I'll take it for a test run with VMware Workstation when they put it up.

[noisyturtle]

I for one welcome back the start menu (although as a 7 user, it never really went away)

[00zeRO]

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source:http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/06/bills_milestones/source/5.htm

Ah, the days of the Personal Computer...

[BossBrew]

I for one welcome back the start menu (although as a 7 user, it never really went away)

As soon as I upgraded to Win8 I installed Classic Shell and I have been happy with it. Metro UI doesn't bother me much because I never fuss with Metro apps anyways, it just feels like a faster Win7 to me now.

It is good to see that Microsoft is trying to give users the best of both worlds by offering tiles within the start menu for those people who actually found them useful in Win8.

[mogo]

Yeah, I'm one of them. I like that some tiles give information at a glance, like weather, mail, and calendar. I like the way you can dock the tile programs on your desktops too. I thought it would be unnecessary and weird, but I grew to like it a lot. Metro is the world where all my functional and productive things can happen. The desktop is where I do all my grade-A ****ing around.

[MOZ]

Been using Windows 10 for 3 days now, and I have to say this is what I expected as an upgrade to Windows 7, not the 8 crap.

[Latin00032]

Been using Windows 10 for 3 days now, and I have to say this is what I expected as an upgrade to Windows 7, not the 8 crap.

I have windows 7.

What stands out on 10 as being a great upgrade?

[Fnzzy]

Been using Windows 10 for 3 days now, and I have to say this is what I expected as an upgrade to Windows 7, not the 8 crap.

I have windows 7.

What stands out on 10 as being a great upgrade?

From what I've seen the only function that I would use on occasions is the multiple desktop feature. Everything else looked unappealing.

[MOZ]

Been using Windows 10 for 3 days now, and I have to say this is what I expected as an upgrade to Windows 7, not the 8 crap.

I have windows 7.

What stands out on 10 as being a great upgrade?

Great upgrade? Nothing. From Windows 8, there are a few, such as the return of Start Menu, the windows "Apps" running like native desktop programs.

From Windows 7? Nothing out of the ordinary, many users will benefit from the virtual desktops and better visibility of currently open windows, but as a user of DexPot, I doubt I would use it as much as it is much more powerful and a lot more customisable with built-in hotkeys manager. The real reason it is an upgrade over Windows 7 is that support for Windows 7 terminates in January.

[Melvang]

How is the under the hood performance compared to 8 for gaming?

[MOZ]

Don't know, can't say, haven't had a chance to install and play any games on it yet. To be honest, I haven't had a chance to game much in the past few months

[noisyturtle]

Makes Windows 9 available to all previous Windows 8 users.... then releases Windows 10.

I dunno, seems like a real scumbag move to me.

[SpAmRaY]

Makes Windows 9 available to all previous Windows 8 users.... then releases Windows 10.

I dunno, seems like a real scumbag move to me.

But there is no windows 9.

[Coreda]

But there is no windows 9.

. As well as the fact the reason for the jump in number was due to fringe cases where software devs were checking for 9x (95/98) versions of Windows, which would have falsely triggered incompatibilities. People have pointed out they could have named it 'Nine' instead, but they chose '10' - not that Windows naming has closely followed each new version anyway.

[Hak Foo]

I'd think if software has trouble with "I'm looking for a "9" there", giving it a letter would give it a fit.

[DasHHKBProM]

I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't marketed: windows ONE. "A new start."

[CommonCurt]

Been using Windows 10 for 3 days now, and I have to say this is what I expected as an upgrade to Windows 7, not the 8 crap.

I agree.  So far the tech-preview isn't that bad.  Although I really hope they use a new logo.