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Valve Announces May 12th Debut for Steam on Mac OS X

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In a very brief press release, Valve Software today announced that the public launch of Steam for Mac OS X is scheduled for May 12th. Officially announced in early March, Steam will bring a major game distribution platform, including Valve's library of popular games, to the Mac.
Valve today announced the public release of Steam for the Mac is May 12. Please stay tuned for more information.
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A closed beta of Steam for Mac has been ongoing with testers initially putting Valve's Portal through its paces. Through Valve's "Steam Play" feature, users will be able to play games on multiple operating systems while only having to purchase each title once.

Valve had initially targeted April for a Steam for Mac release, and the reason for the slight delay beyond the original estimate is currently unknown.

Article Link: Valve Announces May 12th Debut for Steam on Mac OS X
 
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https://www.macrumors.com/2010/04/29/valve-announces-may-12th-debut-for-steam-on-mac-os-x/
I got into the beta, and I have to say it owns. The games don't work yet, but the application itself is really great.
 
Nice I guess its time for another HL Ep 1 and 2 playthrough woot woot. Now where's the keys to my airboat.
 
Nice!

This is a solid nail in the coffin for Windows in homes around the country. Kids heavily influence the parents as to what electronics should be running at home. Now that they can have their mac with some solid games coming to it, this really really helps the case.

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I'm just glad that years ago I gave up being the friendly tech guy for everyone who owned a PC. I got a mac, and started telling people who needed help, "Buy a mac and i'll help you... Otherwise, I'm sorry, no help." That influenced tons of them to buy macs, and ever since the calls have been nearly NADA! I can either help them quickly through iChat or tell them, "Yah, that's going to need apple to replace the hardware. Take it to the apple store." And they're happy, they know I'm not blowing them off, it's just the reality.

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ryanw said:
This is a solid nail in the coffin for Windows in homes around the country. Kids heavily influence the parents as to what electronics should be running at home. Now that they can have their mac with some solid games coming to it, this really really helps the case.
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The 9400M G is prime GPU power.
 
ryanw said:
This is a solid nail in the coffin for Windows in homes around the country. Kids heavily influence the parents as to what electronics should be running at home. Now that they can have their mac with some solid games coming to it, this really really helps the case.
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I'd like that, because it means less booting into BootCamp, but we'll have to wait and see how much third party developers who are on Steam will actually develop a Mac version. Because the only games that will be available for sure, at this time, are Valve's. And that's not much.

And even then, not every developer is on Steam, unfortunately.
 
Erwin-Br said:
I'd like that, because it means less booting into BootCamp, but we'll have to wait and see how much third party developers who are on Steam will actually develop a Mac version. Because the only games that will be available for sure, at this time, are Valve's. And that's not much.

And even then, not every developer is on Steam, unfortunately.
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Hopefully this can show other developers that people want games on mac. thus making more games.
 
i just want to say how much i love the "steam play" concept... buy once, play anywhere. all software should be like this.

it is absolutely ridiculous that i have to buy 2 different versions of any Adobe (and most other's) product. insane.

i bought photoshop. it should work on my computer. WTF difference does it make which computer?

and don't get me started on "per seat licenses" ... it's MY application, you idiots, not this stupid terminal's! :mad:
 
Great news. I finally got rid of my last desktop pc a few months back (replaced it with 27inch i7) and have been missing my pc games. Good to finally get those games back and get games the same time as pc users do. Looking forward to it.
 
ryanw said:
This is a solid nail in the coffin for Windows in homes around the country. Kids heavily influence the parents as to what electronics should be running at home. Now that they can have their mac with some solid games coming to it, this really really helps the case.
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Hahah; you can't be serious?
 
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