Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support

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Sujet : Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support
De : wichitajayhawks (at) *nospam* msn.com (Jhulian Waldby)
Groupes : comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Date : 28. Nov 2024, 02:31:02
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Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:01:07 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
 
On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 11:49:47 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
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It's no surprise --Valve announced their intentions way back in late
2023!-- but now it's finallly happened.* The newest versions of Steam
will no longer run on Windows 7 or 8 (or MacOS 10.13/10.14). So if you
still have a Windows 7 gaming PC, well... say goodbye to any
Steam-launched games on that system.
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Time to upgrade those old Win7 machines to Linux, I guess.
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* as of November 5th. Okay, I'm a bit late with the announcement ;-)
https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/4472730495692571025
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You know, we were worried about Steam in the early days for the wrong
reasons. It looks like we will (mostly) always have access to our games,
but planned platform obsolescence in the client requires us to upgrade
our OS software beyond compatibility with the older titles. We lose our
games _that_ way. Did not see that coming.
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Is it still possible to download your games with an old client? If not,
then that's the problem. That Steam insists on only its latest version.
 No. At least, it didn't with my XP machine (I have a Win7 box still,
but I don't have Steam on it). With XP, Steam insisted it needed to be
updated to the newest version and tried to update itself whenever
connected to the internet. Then it discovered, 'Oh, hey, I can't run
on XP' and quit with a message to that fact. There was never any
opportunity to actually install games.
 Presumably if you have an XP (or Win7) machine with Steam (and
Steam-games) already installed, AND it's not connected to the
Internet, you're still safe. For a while, at least. I've had instances
in the past where Steam just demanded it be connected to the internet
first before it let me play any of my games.
 Because of this, there is, as far as I can tell, no way to play "Half
Life 2" on era-appropriate hardware with an era-appropriate operating
system. I know a lot of people don't care about that... but some of us
do.
No, I would prefer GTA III.  Sometimes I drop out of the title screens with my current setup.  Just think they didn't get multiplayer till the sequel.

Date Sujet#  Auteur
25 Nov 24 * Steam finally kills Win7/8 support52Spalls Hurgenson
25 Nov 24 +* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support6candycanearter07
25 Nov 24 i`* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support5Ant
25 Nov 24 i `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support4candycanearter07
26 Nov 24 i  `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support3Jhulian Waldby
26 Nov 24 i   `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support2Ant
26 Nov 24 i    `- Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support1Zaghadka
25 Nov 24 `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support45Zaghadka
26 Nov 24  +* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support29Ross Ridge
26 Nov 24  i`* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support28Ant
26 Nov 24  i `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support27Xocyll
27 Nov 24  i  `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support26Ant
30 Nov 24  i   `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support25candycanearter07
30 Nov 24  i    `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support24Dimensional Traveler
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1 Dec 24  i     `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support22candycanearter07
1 Dec 24  i      `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support21Ant
2 Dec 24  i       `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support20candycanearter07
3 Dec 24  i        `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support19Ant
3 Dec 24  i         `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support18candycanearter07
4 Dec 24  i          `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support17Ant
4 Dec 24  i           `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support16Dimensional Traveler
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4 Dec 24  i             +* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support8Dimensional Traveler
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4 Dec 24  i             ii+- Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support1candycanearter07
4 Dec 24  i             ii`* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support3Xocyll
4 Dec 24  i             ii +- Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support1Dimensional Traveler
4 Dec 24  i             ii `- Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support1Ant
4 Dec 24  i             i`* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support2Zaghadka
4 Dec 24  i             i `- Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support1Ant
4 Dec 24  i             `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support6Spalls Hurgenson
5 Dec 24  i              `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support5candycanearter07
5 Dec 24  i               `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support4Ant
5 Dec 24  i                +* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support2Spalls Hurgenson
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5 Dec 24  i                `- Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support1candycanearter07
26 Nov 24  +* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support5Spalls Hurgenson
26 Nov 24  i+* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support3Zaghadka
27 Nov 24  ii`* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support2Dimensional Traveler
27 Nov 24  ii `- Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support1Zaghadka
28 Nov 24  i`- Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support1Jhulian Waldby
27 Nov 24  `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support10JAB
27 Nov 24   +* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support2Dimensional Traveler
9 Dec 24   i`- Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support1Spalls Hurgenson
27 Nov 24   `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support7Spalls Hurgenson
27 Nov 24    `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support6Zaghadka
30 Nov 24     `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support5candycanearter07
30 Nov 24      `* Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support4Spalls Hurgenson
30 Nov 24       +- Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support1Dimensional Traveler
1 Dec 24       +- Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support1JAB
1 Dec 24       `- Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support1candycanearter07

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