I like the old apple logo
much better than the blend new one.
The older version has a better karma I think.
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Yeah, it seems that Apple's logo, and OS X, have gotten more bland over the years. I liked OS X's older icons too, up until 10.4. Starting with 10.5 (Leopard), the icons in OS X started to lose their color.. similar to the Apple logo. I don't really understand it.
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There's a simpler explanation: the old logo looked fine on a beige case, but looks tacky on a white or metallic case.
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I'll surprise myself by saying that I like the new logo better as well as the other simpler icons. I think they are trying to move away from "toy" and towards "elegant." An iPad is a simple, classy looking device that would look good in a business meeting. Apple seems to focus solely on the consumer and not on business, but they also target a consumer that is willing to drop cash, and that means people with good jobs....so.....
As for excitement, I have seen excitement over the iPhone and related apps that I have not seen since the Amiga days. I have attended a few local iOS app programming clubs and I'm seeing about half the 20+ attendees are non-programmers that are interested in writing apps for the iPhone. Plus smart phones, tablets, and apps are all over TV, local billboards, mom & pop cell phone stores all over town, it really does remind me of the old exciting days of computers, I think it's a good thing.
Unfortunately there is no way that anyone other than a capable programmer could write even the simplest app for iOS. In that respect we have moved backwards from the old BASIC days.
I just upgraded to Lion (10.7), and yes, there is a little bit more bland than the colourful OS X of 10.1 to 10.4, but there's a big reason for that.
Part of OS X's appeal over the years has been how it gets out of the way of the user. It's handy when it needs to be, but most of the time it stays unobtrusive. The subdued and subtle monochromatic colouring of Lion is actually useful. It doesn't distract from what the user is doing, and allows little tooltips and other helpers (which are colourful but subtly) to really stand out.
A lot of us have grown up used to the idea of interacting with the operating system in order to achieve a task and produce something, and Apple's been busy getting the OS out of the way so we interact less with the computer and more with our content.
You make the OS colourful. You give it the rainbow.