News - Steam for Mac now available to download

[HEXUS]

57 launch titles, new games to be added every Wednesday, and a free copy of Portal for everyone who downloads the client before May 24th.

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[GheeTsar]

Anandtech have done a quick performance and quality comparision between OS X and Win 7 for Portal:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3726/q...al-performance

Not a particularly representative test, given the test set up (Hackintosh with a GTX285), but a surprisingly noticeable difference in image quality as well as the inevitable performance limitations of a port:

Windows:


Mac:


Performance:

[finlay666]

Sorry I had to

[Stoo]

Mac mice have had dual buttons for years, and if you don't like them, you can use pretty much any mouse of your choosing..

Oh btw, don't forget that Steam for Mac and Portal are beta releases, performance will improve with time

Although in all honesty, I had no problems playing portal at all, first time I've bothered with it - enjoyable, but pretty simple

I'm chomping at the bit for TF2 though

BONK!

[finlay666]

Mac mice have had dual buttons for years, and if you don't like them, you can use pretty much any mouse of your choosing..

I know, just trolling for a laugh

[burble]

They need to improve the client itself - every time I quit it beachballs and I have to force quit.

[Ferral]

I like the fact that Portal is actually free till the 24th for existing users, you get the full license for it also, so you wont lose it at a later date. Grabbing it now as I've never played it!

[burble]

They need to improve the client itself - every time I quit it beachballs and I have to force quit.

A few minutes after posting that Steam downloaded a client update which seems to have fixed that particular problem.

Now they just need to release the Half-Life series and I'll be a happy chap.