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[–] [email protected] 229 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Lol try printing that on merch, dumb dumb. That’s an awful logo. It’s really not even a logo, it’s a scene.

[–] [email protected] 158 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Reminds me of the very first Apple Computer logo:

They dropped that for a simpler logo, and then dropped the simpler logo for an even simpler one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Morebranding than logo. Looks like a label from an old bottle of tonic.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I would love to see a parallel world where all tech companies logos were all this detailed and old looking

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

IBM's wasn't nearly as detailed but I really like it too

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago

And all the cases had wood paneling

[–] andybytes 7 points 1 day ago

Yet that is still simple for its monochrome ..... While the ai logo looks like tacky clip art.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Back in the day I legit wanted someone to make a custom black MacBook case that had the Newton logo instead of the Apple. Imagine how cool it would look glowing!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wow, yeah, that would be awful in most contexts. Imagine trying to print that on the front of a computer haha.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure it was just a sticker for the first 20 years or so of Macintosh's life, so I kinda doubt it would have been an actual issue.

Actually, I had one in like 99' that had one of those cool bubble stickers for the logo. It was the Technicolor apple one not this, obviously, but I don't see why this couldn't have worked as a sticker back then

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because if you printed it the size of the Apple logo you'd need a microscope to make out anything on it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Yeah they ditched it in favor of the rainbow apple I think before they even started mass production of the Apple ][.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

High tech with a 19th century sense of style? I'm sold!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Leather bound user manuals

Cases made of brass and oak

Big clicky switches and knurled knobs

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If this was reality, I might get me an apple computer lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe for the 50th Anniversary Macintosh

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Lol “dropped”

Well played.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 days ago

Even if you took that image and used it to create a black and white illustration, it would be way too busy. The logo on the left isn't exactly amazing, but it's decent and checks all the boxes for usability and readability. The one on the right is more like... an image made for an ad which you can't put on a hat for example. The amount of times I've had to explain logo basics to a client who want to do something like the image on the right isn't great, but they usually understand why these rules are in place after explaining and they generally respect my expertise. But not everyone...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Why is the first thing I thought of Tabitha when I read dumb dumb XD