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New Windows 8 logo - and more

Here's a peek at the new Windows 8 logo as well as some previous ones that I'm sure will bring up fond - or maybe frustrating - memories.
By Andy Smith, Contributor
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Microsoft blogger Sam Moreau showed off the new logo for Windows 8. The goal of the logo is to "better reflect our Metro style design principles" according to Moreau.

In this gallery, we'll take a look at some of the logos from Windows past that I'm sure will bring up fond - or maybe frustrating - memories.

Credit: Microsoft

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Windows 1

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The first Windows flag - but Moreau claims it isn't a flag.

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The big one.

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This was arguably Windows' biggest disaster.

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