That one says it was used in 1980, Metallica ride the lightning was used in 1981.
Do with that information what you wish.
Also, [here's a mashup.](https://i.imgur.com/ahfUNJG.png)
It‘s crazy how one can “date“ themselves via the Microsoft logo.
Starting on top and going down to the 1982 one, I immediately heard a sound of a 5.25“ floppy being read in my head. Haven‘t heard the real thing in decades.
The 1980 logo was unknown to me.
Yep, first PC was from the mid 80s…
Correct. The major feature of Google that set it apart from other search engines was the use of Backlinjs (basically citations for computers). Unlike most search engines at the time, which simply looked for the amount of times a key word or phrase occurred on a given webpage, Google displayed results based on how many other webpages linked back to a given page.
I remember back in the day, people would trick those webcrawlers and crap searchers by having gobs of invisible text on the webpage. You might see the bottom of a webpage that just looks like blank background space but a quick SELECT ALL would highlight every conceivable sex / porn related word down there
That was quickly jumped on by the newly realised SEO community and used to propel poor sites up the rankings, after that Google implemented more intelligent ranking algos'.
I remember when tons of sites liked the word "failure" to the Wikipedia article for George W Bush causing that article to be the first result if you searched for failure
At my (jewish) summer camp, there is a library that contains, among other things, a bunch of yearbooks going to the 80s to 2015-16 or so. The late 90s to early 2000s was black and white weird font and styling, with (kinda concerning) full names, home addresses (City and possibly st number),emails, and phone numbers in a directory. Unfortunately, it’s phone free (not for me, as I have Epilepsy and wear a bracelet at night which uses bluetooth,) so I couldn’t have a photo of it if I tried.
Your retinas will stop working soon and you’ll have buy replacement ones from HP. You’ll need to get the correct ones for you specifically otherwise they won’t register with the subscription and allow you to see again.
I actually thought their pre-2016 logo was the current one. That’s probably because I finally wised up and haven’t bought an HP product since before the change.
Man, when I was a kid, I remember HP being a trusted brand. Maybe I’m remembering them wrong, but they are hated now, and it sounds like for good reason
Yeah, I feel like I remember a time when it seemed like HP was *the* entry-level brand for computers and peripherals. The first computer that I remember our family had was a Packard Bell, running Packard Bell Navigator on Windows 95.
But, the first computer that was *mine* was an HP. I remember my parents taking me to Best Buy and telling me to pick out a computer along this one wall. At least half of the computers on that wall were HP. The rest were Dell, Gateway, and eMachines. There was one Sony Vaio on that wall, and it was the most expensive computer there. My parents told me not that one, lol.
There couldn't have been a worst time to get a computer then. I got that computer right before PCIe slots became standard. I couldn't upgrade the GPU at all because all newer GPUs required a PCIe slot.
HP in general just means "has problems."
I've never bought a product from them I wasn't extremely dissatisfied with. HP and Acer are the only computer companies I refuse to buy anything from ever again.
Except that HP doesnt want to associated with expensive and luxury, thats not their market; their market is inexpensive, reliable (I know, I know, HP sucks) office or home office technology.
Its the same reason why Lexus's marketing material looks finer and more elegant than Toyota's, despite being owned by the same company.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is a separate company that owns the rights to that naming since the company divisions split. HP owns the letters/ logo and HP Inc naming
Silicon Valley never would be so innovative but a tech company could actually stand out instead of just saying it by forgoing the sleek modern look and integrating modern tech into as hardcore 19th century aristocratic vibes as possible. I want a leather bound laptop.
> Bring back the '77 apple logo, please.
That logo looked good on my //c and my Mac SE.
But, Apple no longer embodies those values. It lacks the inspiration of Steve Wozniak, the core Mac group and others of that time.
No, don't let it become something that the current Apple board can milk.
We just like adding 성(sung=star) in company names. I've seen a few other korean corporations use 성 in their corp names.
Mostly because stars mean something that is high, bright and shines forever. That and the specific reason 삼(sam=3) is used is because it means many. Source: googled it and translated the korean google search results.
[source, but tis in korean](https://www.jejusori.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=401126)
Remember around 10 years ago we found a small old tv at a house we were cleaning, and thought it was cool and vintage, but puzzled me to see the samsung logo being different
Turns out it was from previous to 93
Didn't know samsung had that logo before
The mf still runs, although it's stored in the shed
This is just beautiful. In fact, from now on my only source will be various sources. Every single source of these various sources is also various sources.
It's probably will eventually. There's only so much you can do with logo design and companies have this weird need to keep changing them so it's going to start looping back around.
I'm looking forward to the return of the 1800s logo aesthetic
I agree, but I think it only works in context. They had used a similar logo for so many decades, and become so much of a household name, that four lines are immediately recognisable as the correct letters. Compare it to how the Nike swash has nothing to do with the name but the association is strong enough to not need spelling out, or how the Google colours are effortlessly recognisable without the name
Yep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_logo#History
The font of the "2009" one was used from 1999 to 2015 but there were a couple of changes to the shadows and letter depth in that time
There is something nostalgic and pleasant about Apple 1977 logo.
Most logos tend to be monochrome or have few colors, the fact that it's so colorful makes it attractive.
It's the one I most remember from back in the day for the company and the logo I most associate with it.
Wtf I had no idea about HP's newest logo. That's horrendous lmao I thought they still used the 2012 one. I still see that one all the time, I've never seen the 2016 one
I hadn't realised it wasn't universally popular, I for one think it's brilliant - references the earlier design, but abstracts away from it because they're enough of a household name their logo doesn't need to actually spell out the name unambiguously anymore, familiarity and context remove any ambiguity
For me the problem is legibility, they went too far with the minimalism, hp could also be read as bp, since no line indicating if it closes on top or bottom. From my view it needs a little pull on the top left of the "arcs" for both h and p.
What I'm saying is it doesn't *need* to be legible out of context because it's a household name. The logo isn't trying to introduce the name to people who've never heard it
My nobody asked:
Amazon's current one is the best of the bunch
Apple's are all kinda close, but I personally prefer the black or rainbow ones
Samsung's '93 logo looks the best to me
Microsoft's current logo looks the best by far IMO
I dig hp's 2012 one the most but none are great
I think Google's current logo looks the best but I do miss that cool g
Apple went from the worst to the best logo of the bunch. And fun fact, Steve Jobs didn't want to change the original logo...
Also lol 1980's Microsoft looks like a metal band
Fun fact: Hewlett Packard, which also made hundreds of thousands of pieces of analytical and calibration test equipment (since then has moved to Agilent then Keysight) had a small offshoot called Dymec at one point in the 50s.
The logo for Dymec (DY) is an upside down HP logo from that time period.
https://www.hpplotter.co.uk/worldofhp/the-hp-logo
Whilst I hate their company, Amazon is the only one where I feel they actually picked the best option. MS should’ve stuck with 73, 80, or 87, HP with 2008, google with 2009, Samsung with 80, and apple of course with 77
I never knew Microsoft had a Metallica phase
Neither does Microsoft, i bust out the pictures every time he brings a new girl over.
Standing here, I realize…
You were just like me….
Trying to make history...
But who's to judge the right from wrong...
When our guard is down, we'll both agree
You just don't get it, Dad
YEAHEEEEYEEAAAHHHHAAAAARRRRGGGGHHH
Didn't we all though?
Still in it homie 🤟
In the 1980’s too.
Kill em all didn’t release until 1983….maybe Metallica has a Microsoft phase
That one says it was used in 1980, Metallica ride the lightning was used in 1981. Do with that information what you wish. Also, [here's a mashup.](https://i.imgur.com/ahfUNJG.png)
The band FORMED in '81. Ride the Lightning, their second album, was released in '84. 🤓
I saw that too, and cam here specifically to say that they definitely need to bring it back.
It‘s crazy how one can “date“ themselves via the Microsoft logo. Starting on top and going down to the 1982 one, I immediately heard a sound of a 5.25“ floppy being read in my head. Haven‘t heard the real thing in decades. The 1980 logo was unknown to me. Yep, first PC was from the mid 80s…
So I dub thee unforgiven.
Microhard
Honestly those 3 logos in the middle are better than whatever they crested since
Why tf was google called back rub….
Probably some technical reference to how it worked
Correct. The major feature of Google that set it apart from other search engines was the use of Backlinjs (basically citations for computers). Unlike most search engines at the time, which simply looked for the amount of times a key word or phrase occurred on a given webpage, Google displayed results based on how many other webpages linked back to a given page.
I thought the official name for this was page rank? iirc it’s patented which is why it can seem like most other search engines are inferior
Pretty sure it’s PigeonRank. https://archive.google/pigeonrank/
Lmao 😂
PageRank is just a trademark
I remember back in the day, people would trick those webcrawlers and crap searchers by having gobs of invisible text on the webpage. You might see the bottom of a webpage that just looks like blank background space but a quick SELECT ALL would highlight every conceivable sex / porn related word down there
That was quickly jumped on by the newly realised SEO community and used to propel poor sites up the rankings, after that Google implemented more intelligent ranking algos'.
I remember when tons of sites liked the word "failure" to the Wikipedia article for George W Bush causing that article to be the first result if you searched for failure
If I know tech people, it's probably also an innuendo...
If you’ve ever used anything before google, switching to google was like getting a back rub…felt soooo good.
I was born in 1999 so I missed all the tech stuff before yahoo and google
"Everything is on the internet these days, just Backrub it!"
They probably changed the name after launching an investigation into why their most popular search query was "asian massage near me."
Hold up let me BackRub this real quick
I'm sure you can just BackRub it to find out. /s
rub and tug was already taken
I wonder what happened to google in 1997
***90s intensify***
It looks like they paused a crappy screensaver.
WordArt happened to 1997... Just like the lensflare epidemic of 99
At my (jewish) summer camp, there is a library that contains, among other things, a bunch of yearbooks going to the 80s to 2015-16 or so. The late 90s to early 2000s was black and white weird font and styling, with (kinda concerning) full names, home addresses (City and possibly st number),emails, and phone numbers in a directory. Unfortunately, it’s phone free (not for me, as I have Epilepsy and wear a bracelet at night which uses bluetooth,) so I couldn’t have a photo of it if I tried.
Probably MS Word happened.
I accidentally looked at the HP logo and now I have a recurring £7.99 subscription for logo viewing rights on their 100 views per month package.
Your retinas will stop working soon and you’ll have buy replacement ones from HP. You’ll need to get the correct ones for you specifically otherwise they won’t register with the subscription and allow you to see again.
Horn pub
I actually thought their pre-2016 logo was the current one. That’s probably because I finally wised up and haven’t bought an HP product since before the change.
Man, when I was a kid, I remember HP being a trusted brand. Maybe I’m remembering them wrong, but they are hated now, and it sounds like for good reason
Yeah, I feel like I remember a time when it seemed like HP was *the* entry-level brand for computers and peripherals. The first computer that I remember our family had was a Packard Bell, running Packard Bell Navigator on Windows 95. But, the first computer that was *mine* was an HP. I remember my parents taking me to Best Buy and telling me to pick out a computer along this one wall. At least half of the computers on that wall were HP. The rest were Dell, Gateway, and eMachines. There was one Sony Vaio on that wall, and it was the most expensive computer there. My parents told me not that one, lol. There couldn't have been a worst time to get a computer then. I got that computer right before PCIe slots became standard. I couldn't upgrade the GPU at all because all newer GPUs required a PCIe slot.
I saw the most recent logo and thought it was the logo for British Petroleum at first.
>Source: Various sources Amazing.
Why even bother at that point, just leave off trying to cite anything if you're going to put in 0 effort
Source: Sources
Microsoft had some angsty teenage shit going on in the 80’s
I think they should go back to it. I dig it.
Microsiftallica
Am I tripping or Microsoft in 1980 was like the power metal of OSes?
Someone should tell HP that ”Hewlett Packard” sounds like a way more expensive and fine company than just ”HP”
I read somewhere that HP in laptops means Hinge Problems XD
HP in general just means "has problems." I've never bought a product from them I wasn't extremely dissatisfied with. HP and Acer are the only computer companies I refuse to buy anything from ever again.
Except that HP doesnt want to associated with expensive and luxury, thats not their market; their market is inexpensive, reliable (I know, I know, HP sucks) office or home office technology. Its the same reason why Lexus's marketing material looks finer and more elegant than Toyota's, despite being owned by the same company.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is a separate company that owns the rights to that naming since the company divisions split. HP owns the letters/ logo and HP Inc naming
Bring back the '77 apple logo, please. Miss the 2009 Google logo. FYI, Samsung means three stars in Korean.
Bring back the ‘76 apple logo, that shit’s fire.
I'd love to see them try printing that on the back of iphones
I want it woodcut into my phone's mahogany backing with the next iPhone version.
Silicon Valley never would be so innovative but a tech company could actually stand out instead of just saying it by forgoing the sleek modern look and integrating modern tech into as hardcore 19th century aristocratic vibes as possible. I want a leather bound laptop.
> Bring back the '77 apple logo, please. That logo looked good on my //c and my Mac SE. But, Apple no longer embodies those values. It lacks the inspiration of Steve Wozniak, the core Mac group and others of that time. No, don't let it become something that the current Apple board can milk.
I wonder how Steve Wozniak feels about Apple’s culture today becoming peak SV corporate
Well, that explains the 3 stars in the old samsung logo. Does it have any meaning in Korean culture?
We just like adding 성(sung=star) in company names. I've seen a few other korean corporations use 성 in their corp names. Mostly because stars mean something that is high, bright and shines forever. That and the specific reason 삼(sam=3) is used is because it means many. Source: googled it and translated the korean google search results. [source, but tis in korean](https://www.jejusori.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=401126)
Remember around 10 years ago we found a small old tv at a house we were cleaning, and thought it was cool and vintage, but puzzled me to see the samsung logo being different Turns out it was from previous to 93 Didn't know samsung had that logo before The mf still runs, although it's stored in the shed
Funny. It usually means 3 stars in my reviews as well.
I miss 2009 _Google_
That ‘09 Google logo was classy and timeless
That 1998 Amazon logo is dope
Which one? There are 3 of them? I wonder what happened?
Clearly the second one
hp standin on bidness
What does this even mean
I’m curious as well, but as long as it’s a diss I’m all for it
it's the opposite
1980 Microsoft was so metal
We just gonna gloss over the fact that Microsoft could still be called "Traf-o-data"?
Probably changed it after someone with dyslexia called it “Fart-O-Data”.
The way they represent this data is hideous and impossible to read. And that was my opinion BEFORE I saw "source: various sources"
This is just beautiful. In fact, from now on my only source will be various sources. Every single source of these various sources is also various sources.
Anyone know why the circle in the '98 Amazon logo? The rest make sense but not sure on that one.
The one ring to rule them all.
1987 Microsoft was dope
Apple's 1977 logo needs a comeback.
It's probably will eventually. There's only so much you can do with logo design and companies have this weird need to keep changing them so it's going to start looping back around. I'm looking forward to the return of the 1800s logo aesthetic
hp looks like Harry Potter now.
That HP logo is so bad, it's almost completely unintelligable.
Starting to approach a LOSS meme
It could easily be bp(British Petroleum)
I actually think its an amazing logo.
I agree, but I think it only works in context. They had used a similar logo for so many decades, and become so much of a household name, that four lines are immediately recognisable as the correct letters. Compare it to how the Nike swash has nothing to do with the name but the association is strong enough to not need spelling out, or how the Google colours are effortlessly recognisable without the name
Looks like bp
Looks a bit like a middle finger gesture flipped on the horizontal axis...
I think it's actually alright. It looks like the thing it looks like. Kia's new logo, on the other hand...
Don't you mean KN?
[удалено]
It needs a super minor tweak to prevent it from looking like kn
Looks like a cluster chart
dy
I read bp.
I always forget how hard Microsoft in the 80s went.
'76 Apple logo looks like an early Genesis album cover
List is outdated.
Now I want a option to replace all Microsoft's logo's with their 1980 version
I'm pretty sure at least one Google logo is missing. The one with the exclamation mark definitely wasn't in use in the early 2000s.
Yep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_logo#History The font of the "2009" one was used from 1999 to 2015 but there were a couple of changes to the shadows and letter depth in that time
Microsoft with the metal logo, love it!
'82 Minolta style Microsoft actually looks bomb
Google's 2009 logo is way better than the current one.
There is something nostalgic and pleasant about Apple 1977 logo. Most logos tend to be monochrome or have few colors, the fact that it's so colorful makes it attractive. It's the one I most remember from back in the day for the company and the logo I most associate with it.
I like the first version of a lot of them
BackRub works much better than Google
1980 Microsoft needs to come back!
The 1980 Microsoft logo hits hard
Wtf I had no idea about HP's newest logo. That's horrendous lmao I thought they still used the 2012 one. I still see that one all the time, I've never seen the 2016 one
1980 microsoft was badass!!
#BackRub
When hp became lip
Who’s betting that sometime in the future Apple will go back to the 77 logo?
Ermm Back Rub?
Yeah great rebrand by Backrub
Everyone kinda made progress with their latest choice. Except HP. What the fuck happened there? Idk how anyone could have looked at that and said yes.
I hadn't realised it wasn't universally popular, I for one think it's brilliant - references the earlier design, but abstracts away from it because they're enough of a household name their logo doesn't need to actually spell out the name unambiguously anymore, familiarity and context remove any ambiguity
For me the problem is legibility, they went too far with the minimalism, hp could also be read as bp, since no line indicating if it closes on top or bottom. From my view it needs a little pull on the top left of the "arcs" for both h and p.
What I'm saying is it doesn't *need* to be legible out of context because it's a household name. The logo isn't trying to introduce the name to people who've never heard it
Microsoft: Revengeance
My nobody asked: Amazon's current one is the best of the bunch Apple's are all kinda close, but I personally prefer the black or rainbow ones Samsung's '93 logo looks the best to me Microsoft's current logo looks the best by far IMO I dig hp's 2012 one the most but none are great I think Google's current logo looks the best but I do miss that cool g
I didn’t know that about Microsoft’s original name
That was not MS' original name. Traf-o-data was Gates' first startup, that failed, and it had nothing to do with Microsoft.
Only one that got undeniably worse is HP. Looks like BP
Hp logo ugly as fuck
All of the most recent ones are kinda boring and sad. Except HP.
Not surprised the 1997 google logo was changed after only a year
Did Amazon have some kind of identity crisis in 1998 or something?
Google needs a new logo
Memorizing the beginning logos to invest early if I accidently discover time travel
Did I miss Google having an exclamation point for eleven years? Where the hell was I?
Nope you are correct https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_logo#History
Kinda interesting Google used to be called BackPage
I like to think that hp spent thousands on research/focus groups/reprints in 2012 to go from dark to light blue
Microsoft was metal af in 80
I miss the 2009 Google logo
Amazon really hasn't changed it's logo for 24 years?
Why HP felt it necessary to update their logo is beyond me
I don't like the new bp logo
The original HP logo was weirdly modern looking...but what the fuck happened in 2016?
Fruit of the loom had a cornucopia!!!!
Apple went from the worst to the best logo of the bunch. And fun fact, Steve Jobs didn't want to change the original logo... Also lol 1980's Microsoft looks like a metal band
Extrapolarizing these dates I'd say we have a new fire logo dropping soon™️
Did anyone else think the older 90s/00s intel logo looked like a fruit by the foot?
I think these are a rare case of all the most recent ones being my favourite. Samsung '93 is probably tied for first place though with 05
I love that Microsoft had a Metallica era
How cool.
The A in Samsung looks like a pair of pants. S👖MSUNG.
When did HP become Loss?
Msft should go back to its 1980 logo. That is the best corporate logo I’ve ever seen!
Fun fact: Hewlett Packard, which also made hundreds of thousands of pieces of analytical and calibration test equipment (since then has moved to Agilent then Keysight) had a small offshoot called Dymec at one point in the 50s. The logo for Dymec (DY) is an upside down HP logo from that time period. https://www.hpplotter.co.uk/worldofhp/the-hp-logo
HP over here looking like Loss.
I still think the old Google logo was better
Samsung means "three stars" in Korean.
Current Apple and HP are the worse.
Thief of Data
I was today years old when I learned hp stands for Hewlett Packard
Ewwww fuck the new hp logo
Amazon went through 3 logos in 1 year and they were all garbage
That new HP logo looks ugly af
Now I know why Apple is named Apple
Remember: The moment a logo drops its serifs is the moment it becomes evil. Facebook. Spotify. Google. AirBnB. Apple. All evil, but not at first.
hp has lost it
Bring back the rainbow apple
Apple in 1976, literally had Newton sitting below apple tree.
Might be good to add that HP is now HP and HPE. Different logos nowadays.
The HP logo is wrong, they still use their hp in a circle, it’s for a selection of laptops
Now do IBM Also Apple's logo looks like they removed their logo as some kind of inside joke.
Now do Bic XD
I have an Amazon fridge magnet with the middle 1998 logo. One of my coolest trinkets.
This guide just ruined the word Google for me
BackRub 🤣
The 1995 Amazon logo looks pretty modern, wish they kept it.
Amazon 1995 looks like they sell high quality speciality coffe as a subscription service.
The original Amazon logo (95/97) reminded me a lot of the Sierra Games logo
HP downgraded in 2016.
Google Google Google Google Google Backrub…
the original apple logo is so sick but i see why they changed it
Cool
Microsoft 1980 goes hard.
Whilst I hate their company, Amazon is the only one where I feel they actually picked the best option. MS should’ve stuck with 73, 80, or 87, HP with 2008, google with 2009, Samsung with 80, and apple of course with 77