9mo ago

Steam drops Windows 7 and 8 support with the latest client — users told to ‘update to a more recent version of Windows’ to continue gaming

No more Steam for Windows 7 8 holdouts.

9mo ago

Steam drops Windows 7 and 8 support with the latest client — users told to ‘update to a more recent version of Windows’ to continue gaming

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I mean... Windows 10 came out -what?- 9 years ago at this point. Gee, I'm getting old
- No, that doesn't feel right. Windows 10 came out in 2015 and nine years ago, it was…
  Oh god, no. When did the mid-2010s move so far into the past?
  
  Just now, technically.
I switched to mint because ms won't even let me upgrade to 11 if I wanted to. Other than some initial hurdles installing it, and losing some hd space because I kept windows on the other partition, it's been fine. Proton and Wine are pretty low maintenance
- I've got goofy Intel/NVIDIA switchable graphics in my laptop that make it a pain in the ass to use my VMs and steam. But I wouldn't trade Mint for windows ever.
@BrikoX I look forward to the removal of Windows 10 and 11 support next.
- What makes you think they'd possibly do that?
  /s
- I've been waiting since the first Steam Machines in 2011 to get steamOs. Best I can do is big picture mode.
It ought to tell them to "upgrade to a more recent OS" instead of being Windows-centric.
- Steam
  Windows Centric
  You do realize what platform/company we’re talking about, right?
  
  Yes, we're talking about Valve, which has a vested interest in pushing gamers towards Linux in order to protect itself from anti-competitive behavior by Microsoft.
  
  I think that's exactly their point. Why would Valve tell users to "upgrade" to a more recent version of Windows? Tell them to upgrade to Linux
- But they're using Windows. It isn't telling this to Mac/Linux users.

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