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Started by nozz93, Mar 14 2010 03:41 PM

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Posted 21 April 2010 - 07:12 AM

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its the one listed here

http://www.everymac....2008-specs.html

2.8ghz x 2 with 12gb ram and 21t hard drives... That said, the steam beta should run on the iMac's and the macbooks... More precisely said, the steam 'client' should run on any mac... its the games that would benefit from a better config... I just can't see a mac mini running tf2 on anything higher than low on a large res screen...

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Posted 21 April 2010 - 10:27 AM

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no chance then, where is the link to sign up for the beta though
i searched but couldn't find it?

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Posted 21 April 2010 - 10:49 AM

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its posted earlier in the topic... that said, its a private beta and they only take people with hardware and games in their list that interests them... a friend with a simillar mac pro and macbook (they ask for all the types of hardware you have) got rejected because he only had TF2 and l4d, whereas I have most of the source collection

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Posted 23 April 2010 - 04:23 AM

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hi
i m Hackintosh user  :P
And i tested New Steam Beta On my 10.5.8 :)
here r some screenshots
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saddest part is that i cant play any time saying game is not supported on this platform yet
;)
but still soon we get to play majority of hl and hl2 games

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Posted 04 May 2010 - 01:44 AM

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LOL.. don't waste your time with the leaked beta..

It plays a funny alarm sound and shows this message:
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Posted 04 May 2010 - 07:15 AM

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Found the link, thanks!

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Posted 05 May 2010 - 05:49 AM

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Guess Is it for Snow Leopard too!!!???

That would make for some seriously returning mac apple fans.. to Mac gaming communities!
And, I'd be giving away free beers! (as in free as in beer) :ninja: :P

Tee Hee!
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Posted 05 May 2010 - 09:25 AM

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not only that, but it will also create the need for apple to allow for customisation of macs (expansion of memory - addition of storage space - video card swaps) in the models to come. Having said that, most game devs design games to rely more on the cpu than the gpu (which contradicts my own thoughts above - I assure you I am not bipolar)

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Posted 05 May 2010 - 10:45 AM

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View PostBeerkex'd, on May 4 2010, 07:14 AM, said:

LOL.. don't waste your time with the leaked beta..

It plays a funny alarm sound and shows this message:
Attachment Screen_s...42.42_PM.png

lol my acc is not enrolled still i can bypass ur funny alarm.
lol big lol  :blink:

For others

I installed Snow Leopard 10.6.2

and now using steam beta ,i tried to add nonsteam games
cs 1.6
cz
cs: source
Call of Duty Modern Wareware 2

All working perfectly  :robot:  (Love COD:mw2 performance)
Even i m getting good fps in games better than windows :unsure:

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Posted 07 May 2010 - 08:32 PM

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Got it, thanks for making me look again, downloading Portal right now.
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Posted 07 May 2010 - 08:36 PM

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is the unreleased beta still playable and does it play counterstriek source yet?

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Posted 07 May 2010 - 09:57 PM

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Only Portal is available to those who haven't signed up for the Beta. Didn't look too closely (I own it already) but it looks like they are giving it away for free. If you don't own this game already, now is your chance. It's a wicked game.

I guess if you're in the beta program and own HL2 and CS:Source then you can install them?

For me, when I log on to Steam, the games in my library that have a Mac version already - TorchLight, Braid, World of Goo - all have an "install" button in Steam but the games don't install when I click it, a dialog pops up and the download appears to start but then I get a "Server Busy" message.

Team Fortress 2 also has an install button but shows the same message.

All other games I own (including CS:Source) don't have an install button, and there's a message saying "(game) is not available on your current platform".

If you own any non-Steam Mac games you can install and run them from Steam just like you can do in Windows (see frefrefrer's post above).

/EDIT

Ass!! Portal is done downloading but it doesn't work. I get a "Steam Error: This game is currently unavailable" message when I try to start it.

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Posted 08 May 2010 - 02:26 AM

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View Postfrefrefrer, on May 5 2010, 04:15 PM, said:

lol my acc is not enrolled still i can bypass ur funny alarm.
lol big lol  :P

For others

I installed Snow Leopard 10.6.2

and now using steam beta ,i tried to add nonsteam games
cs 1.6
cz
cs: source
Call of Duty Modern Wareware 2

All working perfectly  :D  (Love COD:mw2 performance)
Even i m getting good fps in games better than windows :)
Hi frefrefrer.
It really fascinates me, the idea of playing games in Mac. Especially COD:MW2.
You said the non-steam version games added to Steam beta.
How is that possible? Is it like Windows copies, that you integrate into Steam for Mac?
If so, from the original discs, or u know "wink" ones? :)
Can you bring me up to speed? :blink:

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Posted 08 May 2010 - 05:11 AM

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View PostFreaky Chokra, on May 8 2010, 07:56 AM, said:

Hi frefrefrer.
It really fascinates me, the idea of playing games in Mac. Especially COD:MW2.
You said the non-steam version games added to Steam beta.
How is that possible? Is it like Windows copies, that you integrate into Steam for Mac?
If so, from the original discs, or u know "wink" ones? :hysterical:
Can you bring me up to speed? :hysterical:

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Posted 08 May 2010 - 06:17 AM

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View PostFreaky Chokra, on May 7 2010, 11:26 PM, said:

Is it like Windows copies, that you integrate into Steam for Mac?
No. All the games he mentioned have proper Mac versions.

View PostBeerkex'd, on May 7 2010, 06:57 PM, said:

If you own any non-Steam Mac games you can install and run them from Steam just like you can do in Windows (see frefrefrer's post above).

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Posted 08 May 2010 - 08:46 AM

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View PostBeerkex'd, on May 8 2010, 11:47 AM, said:

No. All the games he mentioned have proper Mac versions.

Thx Beerkex'd.

Didn't gaze on it properly enough. ;)
Silly me :laser:

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Posted 11 May 2010 - 06:02 PM

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I heard that the first games that are going to get released are Portal and Torchlight. They couldn''t have chosen better!

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Posted 13 May 2010 - 07:09 AM

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View PostMegaLeon, on May 11 2010, 07:02 PM, said:

I heard that the first games that are going to get released are Portal and Torchlight. They couldn''t have chosen better!
Yep, playing Portal now at 1900x1200!  Very smooth fps with every graphic option maxed out (AA switched off - never seen the benefit at high res).
Superb!
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