What guarantee do you have that Doom3 won't install a trojan that will spy on you?
What guarantee do you have that HL1 didn't install spyware that spied on you?
What guarantee do you have that notepad.exe doesn't log everything you type into it and send it to Satan?
I don't understand why people are so worried about Steam and privacy. Let's compare to HL1.
1) HL1
A. You install software on your computer
B. You play online by connecting to a master server that authenticates you. Information is transferred from your computer to the master server.
C...
Yeah, until I can find a way to hook it up to my powerbook, I'll be stuck in 4:3 too :P
I hope other games follow this lead though, I've always shied away from 16:9 monitors because no games support it.
Yeah I agree, XP is junk, especially home. If you really must, must have XP at least get Pro.. who wants to pay $100 for a neutered OS?
I'd go with Win2k Pro.
I'm really curious to see what all of you are going to say once the HL2 benchmark is released and it runs 30%+ faster on everyones 9800s. We already know it will, because Gabe has said so.
Will everyone still say 'it's just one game, who cares?'
I just don't see what 5900 has to offer over 9800 today. Apart from a few more FPS in some DirectX 8 games, I don't really see a benefit to owning a 5900.
The whole ATi driver thing is just not even worth going over nowadays, their drivers have been fine for a while... but each to their own :)
Here's the actual release, in case PHL didn't post it.
Steam Beta Ends, Full Version Ships Next Week
The Steam Beta has delivered several Valve games and popular Half-Life MODs
to over 300,000 gamers, and will come to a close Tuesday evening (Pacific
Daylight Time). The first full...