It's interesting they would make a point of incorporating the old Windows logo. Microsoft is a company trying to reinvent itself, and the industry consensus is that Windows has an uncertain future at best. It has failed completely in the phone and tablet markets that would seem to be the future of consumer computing. So is this a statement of defiance or a company in denial?

i think Microsoft hasn't even gotten started in the phone and tablet markets yet. thats coming soon. should be interesting.

I assume it's intentional. Isn't OSX full of apples here and there?

No, not really. But this is more an example of a product brand becoming the company brand, not the other way around. Apple is a rather poor example of this, as they are quite careful with their brand (for instance, changing the "Apple key" to the "command key" back in the day so as to not "abuse" the brand).

Sun changing their stock symbol to JAVA would be a better example.

But Apple isn't full of OSX logos. It seems weird that the windows association needs to stay in their primary mark.

It usually one in the top left corner, just as it always has.

That's an Apple logo, not on OS X logo. OS X logo is the giant X, which you only see on OS X marketing material, not on iPods.

Ah, in that case it shows up in the About screen and that's about it, huh?