Thanks for your comments everyone.

beret: Yes, I did think of that and the dark background does make it stand out.
Steve: 'Teeth marks'?! It's real gold. I don't need to test it!
James: I have no idea what William Tell looks like?!
David: 'fan-bois'?! The Mac world and the OS is a strange experience.
Larry: The dark backgrounds and reflections seems to be a preference, but, I deliberately went with the gold one. And I genuinely appreciate the input from you and beret.

Everyone will have their own preferences and I like that.

Any ideas on how to improve the Apple_Windows logo itself?