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Apple Chromes Its Logo

Posted by pudge on from the everything-old-is-new-again dept.

Val42K writes "Personally, I like the original logo, but Apple has decided to changed their familiar logo in the latest release of the OS X operating system. It has the same shape but has a chrome finish, like the robots of Hajime Sorayama." Does it look anything like the image we're using for this story, the one on the outside of most Apple hardware and software boxes? What am I missing?

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  1. Good job, Apple! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't let those teeny bugs get in the way of anything. What you need is a new logo! Something shiny and capable of distracting users. Just think:

    Frustrated Apple User: Dammit, my computer keeps crashing!
    Apple: Um.. but look at this! Shiny!
    FAU: WOW! THIS IS THE BEST LOGO EVAR!!
    A: Te-he!

    Remember, if you want marketing gloss, that's employee zero (Steve Jobs') number 1 job!

    Thunk Different!

    1. Re:Good job, Apple! by Frac · · Score: 2, Funny

      Don't let those teeny bugs get in the way of anything. What you need is a new logo! Something shiny and capable of distracting users. Just think:

      I totally agree with your sarcastic remark. Because, you know, I bet when one guy redesigns the logo, the rest of the company would stop working and just stare.

    2. Re:Good job, Apple! by jonjohnson · · Score: 2, Funny

      When my coworker said, "Oh look, they changed the apple," I thought to myself, "What, did they take another bite out of it?"

      That said, it does look funny, but it's grown on me.

  2. And You Thought 10.2.8 Was Bad! by Farley+Mullet · · Score: 5, Funny

    This screenshot from the Wired article points to a disturbing problem with the 10.3 prereleases: move from 10.2.x to 10.3 and have your processor downgrade, your clock speed decrease by 600MHz, and your RAM decrease by 448 MB. Watch out!

    1. Re:And You Thought 10.2.8 Was Bad! by Second+Vampyre · · Score: 3, Funny

      If you look even closer, you might see this mentioned in the post you are replying to.

    2. Re:And You Thought 10.2.8 Was Bad! by Scrameustache · · Score: 2, Funny
      move from 10.2.x to 10.3 and have your clock speed decrease by 600MHz, and your RAM decrease by 448 MB. Watch out!

      WOOHOO!

      I'll end up with negative clockspeed and negative RAM!
      Wich means, if years of low-budget sci-fi has taught me anything, that I'll either go back in time or DESTROY THE UNIVERSE!

      I can now execute Operation Black Hole:
      1. Get the OSX 10.3 upgrade.
      2. Hold the universe ransom for 10 BILLION DOLLARS!
      3. Profit!
      --

      You can't take the sky from me...

  3. Re:well... by danamania · · Score: 5, Funny

    And no jokes about how the site must be running on a Quadra cos... uhhh... it is. :)

  4. Re:beware of apple's "warranty" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This troll needs to be updated, dude. It's the G5 era now. Make it a single processor, so that no one can blame the noise on the extra heat. Also, mention that copying 17 meg files or installing Airport cards causes BSD to die, since, of course, in Communist Russia the Mach kernel micro-boots you!

    I for one welcome our new Troll overlords.

  5. Is it just me... by ihtagik · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or is the Bling Bling fad being taken too far?

    What next, chromed out computer cases with ... never mind.

  6. Re:Laptops, logos, systems, what next? by Unregistered · · Score: 2, Funny

    MS Bonghorn

    Sounds fun. Am i gonna regres abandonig windows after all.

  7. Re:well... by babbage · · Score: 3, Funny
    I had a friend who ran a program which turned out to be a trojan horse of sorts and it did just this, toasting his Commodore.

    Yeah, but that was like 20 years ago at this point. Surely he can't still be bitter about it, can he?

    Man, some people can hold a grudge...

    --
    DO NOT LEAVE IT IS NOT REAL
  8. Re:Huge crack by speechpoet · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's not a crack. It's a molding line.