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Mac Steam has been released. Steam Play for cross-client ownership. TF2 out on Mac!

Trojita said:
Plus most people on GAF could easily get it for $30. That is how much I paid for my Professional copy.

I don't really understand why people are so picky, dual booting is really that hard?
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It's not hard, it's just disruptive, potentially expensive, and a waste of disk space. Especially since most people here are using Boot Camp exclusively for gaming.
 
the_painted_bird said:
Does CS 1.6 run through Steam? Awesome if true! & We better be able to use our existing Steam accounts.
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Yes, it does run through Steam. Every game that was published or developed by Valve is playable through Steam (except maybe Gunman Chronicles).
 
DarkestFiber said:
It's not hard, it's just disruptive, potentially expensive, and a waste of disk space. Especially since most people here are using Boot Camp exclusively for gaming.
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I used to dual boot into Windows on my Mac then realized that I never had a need for Windows and could do everything on my Mac outside of games which I play on my consoles anyway so I just deleted the partition to get the space back. Haven't even noticed it was gone.
 
This is amazing! I've never played any of the Half Life games and now I fan enjoy on them on my MBP. 2010 has been so awesome for gaming and we're barely into March!
 
Burai said:
Do you really need an update? My i7 iMac has played everything I've thrown at it from Crysis down to Wolfenstein 3D.
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I don't think the graphics cards Apple are offering are really future proof, especially considering the native resolution of the 27" display. I want a newer card with 1GB ram for the graphics. I know it won't happen, because Apple will probably use the 4850 until ATI stops producing them, but i can hope.
 
This is exciting news to me. I used to run TF2 through Crossover but it really was a little janky; native support is perfect.

To all the people saying that dual-booting isn't a hassle, technically, it isn't, and only take minutes. The real problem is that I tend to keep a dozen or so applications running at once in various states of edited-ness. Having to save everything, and more importantly, restore everything when I return to OSX, is hugely dissuading.
 
As an indie Mac developer working on my first game, I can only hope that Steam allows sales of Mac-only games along with the client. It will be interesting to see how they handle things. We pretty much know that the client isn't Cocoa-based, which is a bit odd.

Also nice to see only the tiniest amounts of trolling. I've never understood why people argue about their computers rather than making things with them.
 
Benjamin1981 said:
I don't think the graphics cards Apple are offering are really future proof, especially considering the native resolution of the 27" display. I want a newer card with 1GB ram for the graphics. I know it won't happen, because Apple will probably use the 4850 until ATI stops producing them, but i can hope.
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My friend with a 4850 runs a 24" screen, and as far as I know he runs everything near-max at 1900x1200. Maybe not future proof if you want MAX settings, but I think the card can keep up with mid-range settings for years yet.
 
thefil said:
This is exciting news to me. I used to run TF2 through Crossover but it really was a little janky; native support is perfect.

To all the people saying that dual-booting isn't a hassle, technically, it isn't, and only take minutes. The real problem is that I tend to keep a dozen or so applications running at once in various states of edited-ness. Having to save everything, and more importantly, restore everything when I return to OSX, is hugely dissuading.
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Totally agree, it's hard to juggle two computers at once (and this is just between a Macbook and a desktop PC).
 
Sweet Steamy Mother of God! Good news, native Mac Steam - I love u Valve.
Now please, please give us this beauty in 2010 as well... please?


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thefil said:
This is exciting news to me. I used to run TF2 through Crossover but it really was a little janky; native support is perfect.

To all the people saying that dual-booting isn't a hassle, technically, it isn't, and only take minutes. The real problem is that I tend to keep a dozen or so applications running at once in various states of edited-ness. Having to save everything, and more importantly, restore everything when I return to OSX, is hugely dissuading.
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I did try CrossOver Games too. Realized that Boot Camp would produce better results :lol I dug through the Steam's resource files & found all of those lovely OS X-related images. :D Awesome how there will even be a Menu Bar icon for Steam :D
 
Burai said:
Do you really need an update? My i7 iMac has played everything I've thrown at it from Crysis down to Wolfenstein 3D.
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At native resolution? Maybe if you use low settings and like sub 30fps framerates perhaps.

The 512MB 4850 is a pitiful GPU for a $2000 machine with a 2560x1440 display. They should be shipping it with a 1GB 5770 at the very least, a 5850 if they want to offer the end user some semblance of value.
 
HTuran said:
As an indie Mac developer working on my first game, I can only hope that Steam allows sales of Mac-only games along with the client. It will be interesting to see how they handle things. We pretty much know that the client isn't Cocoa-based, which is a bit odd.
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That will probably be one of the announcements at GDC. Valve can pretty much take over the distribution market on the MAc because there is nothing else.
 
Xater said:
That will probably be one of the announcements at GDC. Valve can pretty much take over the distribution market on the MAc because there is nothing else.
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Doesn't D2D sell mac games?
 
I'm wondering if the initial list of games is going to be so small it's not even worth using apart from the valve games.

I also wonder if they're going to make me pay again for the half life games or if they'll just be there in my mac steam account already...
 
Xater said:
That will probably be one of the announcements at GDC. Valve can pretty much take over the distribution market on the MAc because there is nothing else.
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Gamersgate sells Mac stuff.
 
Pretty cool stuff, even cooler is that people actually cracked the portal case

wait: this has nothing to do with the portal case?
 
Awesome news. Not that I'm hurting for disc space at the moment on my MBP, but I don't run Windows 7 (which I do actually enjoy) too much other than for Steam and a couple other programs. Now of course whether I remove the partition or not is all dependent on whether I would have to re-purchase certain games....
 
brain_stew said:
At native resolution? Maybe if you use low settings and like sub 30fps framerates perhaps.

The 512MB 4850 is a pitiful GPU for a $2000 machine with a 2560x1440 display. They should be shipping it with a 1GB 5770 at the very least, a 5850 if they want to offer the end user some semblance of value.
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This.

And i fully expect that the Core i7 will become standard in the next refresh.

So Apple, do your magic and update those lovely iMacs.
 
Students can buy the latest Windows for $60 over a several month long promo that comes back every Back To School season.
 
Zzoram said:
Students can buy the latest Windows for $60 over a several month long promo that comes back every Back To School season.
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Actually, it was available for $29.99 to students. I could have gotten it, but decided to stick with Vista.
 
Excellent! Really hope I don't have to rebuy these games!
 
If you want Windows 7, I recommend checking with your individual school. At the University of Waterloo, any Math student can get a 32 or 64 bit license for free.
 
Quasar said:
I really don't see why you wouldn't, unless part of some Steam on OSX promotion.
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As others have said, I don't see why you wouldn't just be be able to log into your Steam account and have your games ready to download. However, if Valve were to split their community and have one log in for Mac and another for PC, then that is a different story. I honestly don't see them doing this though.
 
kodt said:
This is cool.

But honestly all new macs come with Intel processors and most come with Bootcamp from what I gather so why not just install windows and not worry about it?
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I hate using Windows. If I could play every PC game natively on my Mac, I'd buy a whole lot more PC games.

The other exciting thing about this is that with Steam running on OSX, it'll encourage other developers to port their games to OSX as well.
 
crimsonheadGCN said:
And this is all being announced when Gabe is going to get The Pioneer Award. I wonder if there will be a huge sale to coincide with this?
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I would have to assume there would be a huge valve type sale to coincide with a mac release. So the mac gamers can jump on first week of release and buy every valve game for cheap.
 
Zzoram said:
Students can buy the latest Windows for $60 over a several month long promo that comes back every Back To School season.
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And if you're not a student Amazon.ca sells it for the low, low price of ~C$200. My local independent PC reseller NCIX.ca sells the cheapest one for an even more expensive, C$219.

If you're purchasing software legitimately, not building a computer, and not a student Windows is a really expensive piece of software. There's no real way around that. That's why Steam for OS X is such great news.
 
LovingSteam said:
As others have said, I don't see why you wouldn't just be be able to log into your Steam account and have your games ready to download. However, if Valve were to split their community and have one log in for Mac and another for PC, then that is a different story. I honestly don't see them doing this though.
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This is the way I'm picturing it. I'm imagining I'll just log into Steam on OSX and be exactly where I left off on my Boot Camp partition. Minus the games that aren't ported, of course.

I better be able to use my account at the very least.
I mean, I have tons of friends and achievements and groups and stuff..
 
First Telltale, now Valve. It almost makes me regret buying a PC for gaming instead of sticking with Macs. Almost.

Also, Valve has an amazing marketing department.
 
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