Valve teases Mac support

[rathat48]

Enjoy the 256mb of VRAM guys. (upgradeable to 512 btw)

[Winsanity]

I'm worried that this will mean Mac fanboys will start dissin PC even more >:(

[babaji_mendez]

[QUOTE=rathat48;20554912]Enjoy the 256mb of VRAM guys. (upgradeable to 512 btw)[/QUOTE]

I have 1.25 GB of vram on my mac, thank you very much.

Still, I don't see the point of this, aren't all source games directx based anyway? They would have to be ported to openGL to run on osx ( Could be a huge undertaking depending on the amount of people they would have working on it. )

[Raiskauskone]

[QUOTE=babaji_mendez;20555145]I have 1.25 GB of vram on my mac, thank you very much.
[/QUOTE]

Hahaha

[Big D Duchovny]

Well, Valve's sale is going to go up, but i don't like the idear of mac sale going up too...

[Hoob]

iSteam

New name for mac Steam

And also the ears of PC fanboys and people who hate macs

[Sigfig]

what is the use of steam on a mac
I mean, valve can port their own games but the lack of direct x makes it unattractive for other developers hosting their games on steam.

[Blazehmr]

[QUOTE=Sigfig;20556265]what is the use of steam on a mac
I mean, valve can port their own games but the lack of direct x makes it unattractive for other developers hosting their games on steam.[/QUOTE]

New ui update also gives space for platform specific games.

[rvdm88]

that heavy picture is quite funny,
i got the same idea though, 2 YEARS ago.

[Onlyonebowman]

[QUOTE=c0nk3r;20552495]
then he will run back to the mic
[/QUOTE]

[url]http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i152/OnePlusTuque/GabeNewellEclair.jpg[/url]

Well just click the link because [img] and [media] don't seem to work for me

[Roger The Alien]

[QUOTE=Keychain;20543111]Conspiracy: Breen is still alive. :buddy:[/QUOTE]

the portal pun is intended right?

[Funnycat]

I wonder if there's gonna be cross-platform multiplayer, because if there won't, I don't see much point in porting TF2 for instance. Then again, no mac fanboys in my favourite server.

[a2h]

[QUOTE=Funnycat;20568641]I wonder if there's gonna be cross-platform multiplayer, because if there won't, I don't see much point in porting TF2 for instance. Then again, no mac fanboys in my favourite server.[/QUOTE]

I would think cross-platform multiplayer would be a given.

[Corn]

So, yea soon all the TF2 servers will be filled with PC fanboy vs. Mac fanboy flamewars

[Funnycat]

Prepare your anti-mac sprays :sigh:

[Itachi_Crow]

How are you going to alt fire lol

[c0nk3r]

[QUOTE=Itachi_Crow;20569909]How are you going to alt fire lol[/QUOTE]

i think they hold the apple key or something

must be hard only having one finger to a hand

[DrTaxi]

[QUOTE=Laserbeams;20568941]So, yea soon all the TF2 servers will be filled with PC fanboy vs. Mac fanboy flamewars[/QUOTE]

You can run TF2 pretty well in CrossOver and there aren't that many fanboys on TF2 anyway.

[editline]03:08PM[/editline]

[QUOTE=Itachi_Crow;20569909]How are you going to alt fire lol[/QUOTE]
I'm [i]think[/i] the "one button mouse" actually has two, OS X just kinda disables the second one.
And you could always connect another USB/Bluetooth mouse :rolleyes:

[scorpion8754]

Maybe this could mean a steam community app for iphone/itotch

[TheDecryptor]

[QUOTE=DrTaxi;20570697]...
I'm [i]think[/i] the "one button mouse" actually has two, OS X just kinda disables the second one.
And you could always connect another USB/Bluetooth mouse :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
No, two button mice work fine on OS X, the default mouse with the computer has two buttons.

It's actually a joke dating back to around Windows 95 when the OS just didn't support it (Around OS 8 they started adding functionality to the right click menu, in OS X it's needed as much as it is in Windows really)

[Camp er Joe]

I use a macbook and its easy to right click. Place 2 fingers on the touchpad and click. Or hold control + click.

[DainBramageStud]

[QUOTE=Camp er Joe;20582652]I use a macbook and its easy to right click. Place 2 fingers on the touchpad and click. Or hold control + click.[/QUOTE]

Gaming
Mac
Laptop

:downs:

[ProWaffle]

[QUOTE=Camp er Joe;20582652]I use a macbook and its easy to right click. Place 2 fingers on the touchpad and click. Or hold control + click.[/QUOTE]

So I have to

A) Use a touchpad for gaming (NO)
B) Stop moving when i want to alt-fire and get shot to death
C) Crouch to alt-fire, meaning I can't stand up from crouching behind cover to fire, i'll have to walk out into the open
D) Not alt-fire

[editline]07:43AM[/editline]

[QUOTE=c0nk3r;20552495]3/11 gabe will announce that valve and apple are teaming up.

and we will all cry

then he will run back to the mic and be like "CHEA RIGHT BITCHES" and then the ceiling will open and EP3 boxes will fall on people.

greatest day in gaming history.[/QUOTE]

but if he runs he will set off several magnitude 7 earthquakes

[sp]you thought you'd get portal 2 this year didn't you[/sp]

[editline]07:44AM[/editline]

[QUOTE=Lemonator;20547732]There was a thread in HW/SW and someone said "I bet there is going to be servers that autoban you for using steam on a mac"

:smug:
Looks like we have a plan.[/QUOTE]

I'd be surprised if it didn't happen.

[editline]07:46AM[/editline]

[QUOTE=scorpion8754;20581901]Maybe this could mean a steam community app for iphone/itotch[/QUOTE]

I'd actually like that, it'd be awesome.

[deathrat]

Those one button mice actually can right click, you just have to turn it on in the mouse settings.

[Blackfire]

I love the Francis one, I have the Cesar Chavez and Jackie Robinson think different ones in my room, and I've never even owned a Mac. lol

[DrTaxi]

[QUOTE=TheDecryptor;20582150]No, two button mice work fine on OS X, the default mouse with the computer has two buttons.

It's actually a joke dating back to around Windows 95 when the OS just didn't support it (Around OS 8 they started adding functionality to the right click menu, in OS X it's needed as much as it is in Windows really)[/QUOTE]

I meant OSX disabled right clicking on the Mighty Mouse. I know right clicking is important in OSX as well and you can do it with other mice. I have a Mac as well.

[Takkun10]

I think a linux release would be more beneficial to the server hosting aspect of the community. Also I would love to be able to play CS:S on ubuntu. Glad to see they are finally starting to move into other distros now.

[Dr Bob]

[QUOTE=ProWaffle;20586474]So I have to

A) Use a touchpad for gaming (NO)
B) Stop moving when i want to alt-fire and get shot to death
C) Crouch to alt-fire, meaning I can't stand up from crouching behind cover to fire, i'll have to walk out into the open
D) Not alt-fire[/QUOTE]

You know you can rebind keys?

[Winsanity]

Mac: Hey guise we hav staem naow.

Pc: Does your steam have over 1000 games available for purchase?

Mac: Ummm....We have hl2!

Pc: *facepalm*

[Camp er Joe]

[QUOTE=ProWaffle;20586474]So I have to

A) Use a touchpad for gaming (NO)
B) Stop moving when i want to alt-fire and get shot to death
C) Crouch to alt-fire, meaning I can't stand up from crouching behind cover to fire, i'll have to walk out into the open
D) Not alt-fire
[/QUOTE]

No. There is one button to press to left click. In the options you can make it so you can use two fingers on the touchpad at once to right click. When we play CoD in class I use my right hand to click and move the mouse. I have my first finger on the button. My middle on the touch pad to aim. I then let my third finger press down on the touchpad so I have 2 fingers touching it. Then I click using my first finger to use the iron sight. Then I lift my third finger off to shoot. Its not that hard.

If you've ever used a mac before you'll know its not even hard to play games.