Technology by Jacob Dybala

Microsoft has changed the Windows Operating System logo numerous times over the years. This article compares the Windows logos from Windows 1.01 to the latest Windows and offers downloading them as wallpapers.

Microsoft Windows logos in this article include:

1. Microsoft Windows 1.01 (1985) Logo – Notice the original Microsoft logo.
2. Microsoft Windows 2.03 (1987) Logo – Microsoft changes their logo for an italicized and bold look
3. Microsoft Windows 3.0 (1990) Logo
4. Microsoft Windows 3.1 (1992) Logo
5. Microsoft Windows 3.11 (1993) Logo
6. Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 (1993) Logo
7. Microsoft Windows 95 (1995) Logo
8. Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (1996) Logo
9. Microsoft Windows 98 (1998) Logo
10. Microsoft Windows 98 SE (1999) Logo
11. Microsoft Windows ME (2000) Logo
12. Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (2000) Logo
13. Microsoft Windows XP (2001) Logo
14. Microsoft Windows XP Professional Logo
15. Microsoft Windows XP Home Logo
16. Microsoft Windows Longhorn Logo
17. Microsoft Windows 2003 Logo

Microsoft will start providing antivirus and antispyware updates for Windows users. The service call Windows OneCare will be a yearly subscription . I guess expecting the software giant to redesign IE and some elements of the Operating System would be too much.

Windows has been around too long and carries too much old code and design. Will Longhorn change much? I honestly doubt that it will. Did Windows XP change much? Nope. If you get rid of Luna (the visual style) and remove some digital camera and other drivers we’re pretty much looking at Windows 2000; with the exception that the latter was a bit more stable.

Anyway, I’ll still keeping using FireFox on Linux , Mac OS X and Windows .

BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4544547.stm