![]() This opens a window with options for creating a desktop. For free games, click the Play Game button. Here at Techgage, I’m the lone Mac lover. Like the Mac App Store, Steam offers free and paid-for games. I guess that some days, it’s pretty easy to see why – Apple, and Steve Jobs in particular, doesn’t always do a lot to ingratiate itself with the public at large. Choosing a Mac over PC is very much a black and white thing – either you get it, or you don’t. ![]() Those of us who make the plunge almost always have a particular itch that only OS X or even the overpriced hardware (8-bit laptop displays, anyone?) can scratch. You know, fripparies like stability!Īll joking aside, we who use Apple as our day-to-day OS have often been disappointed, shall we say, with our game selection. It’s almost as if people consider gaming on the Mac to be a waste of precious and fashionable CPU cycles. This Also Includes OS X 10.6.8 version where steam didn't run on. Among them are Sid Meiers Civilization IV: Colonization, Sports Interactives Football Manager 2010 (Note: Thats football, not football - Ed.), and Runic Games Torchlight. I’m sure it has much more to do with the low percentage of Mac users vs. In this video I will show you how you can run steam on ANY mac. Todays featured Mac games on Steam all conform to the Steam Play feature, which allows the same purchase to be played on either a Mac or PC. PCs, along with cost-benefit calculations, etc. Whatever the cause though, it’s been a frustrating path to say the least. I went from having every game at my disposal to nearly nothing when I made the switch, and situations haven’t really improved even with the Intel chips or other “Oh good, now we can game!” hardware and driver decisions.įinally, though, there is a light at the end of the tunnel – and this one isn’t an oncoming train. Valve, the wonderful maker of Half-Life and Half-Life 2, has finally brought its Steam games platform to Mac. But is it going to finally turn the Mac into a gaming powerhouse? With all the beauty that Steam has brought to PC gaming over the last five or so years, this is great news indeed. I’ve been using the platform for about a week now, testing the in’s and out’s… and I’m ready to give my thoughts on it. Requirements and Test Systemīefore we can begin talking about Steam itself, you need to make sure your machine meets the basic requirements – most any Mac bought in the last three to four years will. It requires an Intel-based processor and OS X 10.5.8 or later for Leopard users, or 10.6.3 or later for Snow Leopard. The client does NOT require a discrete graphics card, though obviously one is recommended and will help your performance in many titles. ![]()
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