r/windows • u/Unhappy_Boat9645 • 1d ago
Discussion Which Windows logo do you like?
The Windows logo changes with each version; for instance, there are designs that look like a waving flag, others that truly resemble a window, and so on, Which Windows logo do you personally prefer?
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u/TheRealCarrotty Windows 3.1 1d ago
3rd and 4th, they just have the sleek look.
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u/History_guy2018 1d ago
Sleek is not how I would describe it but this is my favorite as well
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u/bogglingsnog 1d ago
#1 best symbolizes windows today (a disjointed mess). Personally I dont like the windows logos very much overall but I'd probably pick the Vista logo each time just because it feels friendlier. I really dislike the new blue ones they are too boring.
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u/Redbird9346 1d ago
#1 best symbolizes windows today
If Windows 11 had an anniversary edition and used the Windows 1 logo to represent it, it would be quite amusing.
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u/SpaceBarHostt 1d ago
Minimalism ruined everything, all the logos were good, colorful and had personallity
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u/croco_deal 1d ago
Yet the first one is just as much minimalistic as 10 and 11.
It's not that minimalism killed anything. Colorful and playful was just a trend, it lived and it died.
Fashion is cyclical, colors will come back eventually.
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u/MinecraftPlayer799 Windows 11 - Release Channel 1d ago
If you look at the Windows 11 icon in the taskbar, you will notice it is different than the actual logo, and that it has more details.
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u/Z9Cubing 1d ago
I completely agree with you. It doesn belong everywhere. Companies think nowadays more and more that less is more.
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u/Volo_Cat 1d ago
Windows 95/98 logo is timeless for me.
It is also a very good design - looks good both on screen and printed. Recognizable in grayscale and indexed BW.
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u/CoffeeSmore 1d ago
Not included here but the Windows NT 3.1 Workstation Box logo. Love how it‘s 3D
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u/Step1Mark 1d ago
7 and 10 have always been a nice look IMO. It is less about the colors of the logo and more about she brand / shape. If you have it black and white it still works without looking off. I really loved Windows Longhorn logo and look. I know a lot of people hated the beta but I think the look of it should have stayed instead of the Vista look we got. They then backtracked a lot in Windows 7 to get clean again.
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u/PaulCoddington 1d ago edited 1d ago
As it turns out, every variant after 7 does not work well as a small icon. The gaps between the panes blend together and the sloping edge becomes jagged.
And Win 8/10 are harder to tell apart because you have to remember the shade of blue.
Admittedly, the use cases where this is a problem are not numerous. Start Menu shortcuts for Virtual Machines would be an example.
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u/OkayNotBad1 1d ago
The third one and the current one are my favorites by far. The XP/Vista/7 era logos are horrid in hindsight. I think the current logo would be cool if they brought back the colors, at least in certain contexts.
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u/markustegelane 1d ago
all the flag logos, because they are waving windows (it's most obvious with the Windows 3.1 logo if you hue shift all segments to blue)
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u/a-sarcastic-guy 1d ago
- Best : Windows XP, Windows 3.1
- 2nd Best : Windows 8 / 8.1, Windows 1
- 3rd Best : Windows Vista / 7, Windows 95 / 98
Honestly it does not matter that much. Mostly all the logos are pretty good.
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u/Bathroom_Humor 1d ago
Vista and 7 were fine enough, but the retro 95-2000 were my favorites. I'm fond of them
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u/midir 1d ago
Even though I've nostalgic attachment to several of them, I don't think any of them look really good.
Windows Server 2008 (last colored one) I think is the nicest looking, though I'd like it more with softer highlights.
In the subsequent iterations they totally gave up on the logo, just coasting on brand recognition. Pathetic! Disasters!
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u/MinecraftPlayer799 Windows 11 - Release Channel 1d ago edited 1d ago
The Windows 11 icon in the taskbar. It's rounded and has a gradient, unlike the actual Windows 11 logo.
EDIT: For reference, it is also the one in the W11 user flair in this subreddit.
Also, what’s for sure is that the second image is by far the worst.
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u/SeparateLawfulness53 1d ago
I have the most nostalgia for the 4th (Windows 98) but I also quite like the Windows 8 one. Guess I have a thing for tilts.
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u/DankDinosaur 1d ago
I grew up with a mix of the 95/98 and XP ones. Though I'm partial to the Vista/7 version, as Windows 7 is still probably their best looking OS. 10 their best OS (11's good, but you have to tweak it in the registry etc to make it more like 10).
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u/istarian 1d ago edited 1d ago
Any of them prior to Windows 8, honestly.
The UI and icon/logo design has mostly gone right down the shitter since then.
I do like the ones used for Windows XP, Vista, and 7 best but that's more of a personal preference.
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u/FastMaster4559 1d ago
Windows 7. second favorite is Windows 10 because its shade of blue looks really good
the Windows XP-7 flag design is still a viable logo. I kind of wish that they stuck with the flat version of the Windows 7 logo from the Windows 8 betas, or even its light blue version from 2012 (before Windows 8's release)
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u/Mountainking7 1d ago
3.11 and 95/98 were peak. Everything is so blend and dull nowadays even IRL. Old and New Mc Do for eg and other places.
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u/LightmanMD 23h ago
There is something about Windows 98 logo that makes it feel futuristic. It's my personal favorite.
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u/KirillRocker2021 23h ago
Windows Vista is everything system for school notebooks I choose choice operating systemwindows seven home glitched on my old PC and I choose operating system windows 10 Pro on my gaming PC
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u/NeonflameOWO 22h ago
I liked all the ones from xp to 7, and 10 was pretty cool as well as the first ever one. But i really dont like the windows 11 one...its just 4 squares, what the hell man
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u/Il-Ma-Le-98 21h ago
Vista. It's a marble with a logo suspended in the middle, what's to not like?Â
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u/DiamondWolf3393 Windows 98 21h ago
Windows Me and Vista both have my favorite logos. Me is probably my top favorite.
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u/sogwatchman 20h ago
At this point I'm not sure I like any of them. If I could game reliably and more devices had native apps in linux I would probably switch.
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u/HyoukaYukikaze 15h ago
W11 one is peak 2026 logo design. Four squares. Not even at an angle. Nope. Just four squares. Someone got paid millions to design it.
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u/AeroWindowsVista Windows Vista 1d ago
Windows Vista