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Steam for Mac Now Live, Portal is Free Until May 24th

If anyone is getting a blank page when clicking the Portal banner just go to Library -> Games in the Steam Client, Portal is already in there, just click install (it still has to download).
 
NeuralControl said:
Point taken. However, this is just about the best advertisement Valve could do. I would never have downloaded Steam had it not been for this promotion. I do not game, but I have nothing to lose by trying Portal for free.
It also doesn't hurt that I finished my last final yesterday. :D
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exams? IB by any chance?
 
Eidorian said:
Free Portal is worth it.

I might be able to pick up Civilization IV since I have the Windows copy already.
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So...the LAST reason to remotely think about keeping a PC at home is GONE now.

I am not a heavy gamer but must congratulate Valve for keeping its word; you guys will now see how profitable it is to cater to the loyal Mac community, especially at a moment when Apple DOMINATES every corner of the market.

MS IS DEAD. AND SO IS GOOGLE.
 
I don't know what magic they just invoked, but my downloaded was suspended and when it came back it was downloading at 2.5MB/s, a 1.4MB/s increase over my average rate.
 
BRLawyer said:
So...the LAST reason to remotely think about keeping a PC at home is GONE now.

I am not a heavy gamer but must congratulate Valve for keeping its word; you guys will now see how profitable it is to cater to the loyal Mac community, especially at a moment when Apple DOMINATES every corner of the market.

MS IS DEAD. AND SO IS GOOGLE.
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Can't we have a thread without some BS from you?
 
BRLawyer said:
So...the LAST reason to remotely think about keeping a PC at home is GONE now.

I am not a heavy gamer but must congratulate Valve for keeping its word; you guys will now see how profitable it is to cater to the loyal Mac community, especially at a moment when Apple DOMINATES every corner of the market.

MS IS DEAD. AND SO IS GOOGLE.
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What happened to DELL, they are not going to die as you always said before? :confused:
 
Hurda said:
http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

2.3m people connected, I think 2.1 or 2.2 was the peak during the holiday-deals.
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2 million during the day time hours is pretty normal on Steam.

BRLawyer said:
So...the LAST reason to remotely think about keeping a PC at home is GONE now.

I am not a heavy gamer but must congratulate Valve for keeping its word; you guys will now see how profitable it is to cater to the loyal Mac community, especially at a moment when Apple DOMINATES every corner of the market.
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Apple's limited hardware choices have made the platform useless for me when it comes to gaming. I don't see a reason to continue expending my money on a futile effort.

Also: 25,000
 
STEVE-O- said:
Nah, yours is FAST, i have 20mb broadband (thats fast in the UK lol) :p and mines only going at 600kb/s
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:D

But currently only seeing ~140KB/s (236.9KB/s peak) downloading Portal :rolleyes:

Jim
 
jsnuff1 said:
Im getting an error when i try to launch steam saying

" Steam could not create directory /users/name/Library/Application Support/Steam"

Then right after that error another saying

"Steam requires (above directory) be created on a case insensitive filesystem, with read-write access"
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this is really annoying...I dont have a case sensitive file system so anyone have any idea why its doing this?
 
BRLawyer said:
Please identify the BS, please. You mean my trademark statement or you just can't agree with facts?
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Well, MS still has a website, and they seem to be selling products.

And.. yep.. Google is up too.

Oh, and PCs still have better graphics card options.
 
Trexznl said:
Very excited about Steam finally being available for Mac.

Now people won't have to ridicule Mac users anymore for not having any games :)

Downloading my free copy of Portal at the moment, taking a rather long amount of time, not reaching my max. download speed by a long shot. < Figures alot of Mac users are eager to download this stuff right now :)

Also downloading the Torchlight demo, if you haven't noticed yet, it's 50% off for the full game, but I'd like to try the demo first, before I buy anything.
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So what's the dealio? Do I have to keep the Steam app open in order to play their games? Or can I launch Portal as a normal Mac app without passing by Steam?
 
ONLY 5 HOURS TO LOAD!

....wtf... and I have speedy DSL. Must be a lot of users clogging up their servers or something.
 
BRLawyer said:
So what's the dealio? Do I have to keep the Steam app open in order to play their games? Or can I launch Portal as a normal Mac app without passing by Steam?
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You MUST login to steam to access the games. You can create shortcuts to the games, but they will open steam if it isnt open already.
 
BRLawyer said:
Thanks; not exactly ideal, but fair enough if the service is good...and it seems like it is.
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If you dont plan on using steam to its fullest (achievements / social features) its a pointless step, but soon enough youll see how great it is.

ALSO: Steam failed to extract package after the update...awesome. Why?
 
Hah! This is the best news ever!

Ok, so maybe I'm a little over excited, but I was totally going to but Portal.. and now I don't have to! Awesome.
 
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