Steam IS coming to OS X

steveo · 6 Oct 2010 at 07:20

knowledge123 said:
eh? It's 10pm here (or 1am on the East coast). I'll download it tomorrow morning

Phate · 6 Oct 2010 at 07:52

Tried to buy this last night but the website was having none of it

Rameses · 6 Oct 2010 at 08:37

Up early for an appointment, quick to the computer! and resume downloading at 8:30am, around 200KB/sec :-/

I might be able to play sometime around weekend :eek:

Phate · 6 Oct 2010 at 08:41

AmTechFox said:
Up early for an appointment, quick to the computer! and resume downloading at 8:30am, around 200KB/sec :-/

I might be able to play sometime around weekend

lol how big is the download? Just bought mine...wish I could get the download started now so it does it while I'm at work

Logsi · 6 Oct 2010 at 08:50

I'm getting around 1.5mb/s now...not as fast as i'd like but it'll have to do.

My download and steam crashed during the night so i was greeted with a error report.

Phate · 6 Oct 2010 at 08:51

Logsi said:
I'm getting around 1.5mb/s now...not as fast as i'd like but it'll have to do.

lol, tough old life you lead

- I download at about 160kb/s at home

steveo · 6 Oct 2010 at 08:53

Phate said:
lol how big is the download? Just bought mine...wish I could get the download started now so it does it while I'm at work

its around 11gb :eek:

Logsi · 6 Oct 2010 at 08:53

2.2mb/s! She is creeping up!

I live in Cornwall! Having a 24mb connection in Cornwall is something to brag about. You have to remember, we only got this new fangled thing called electricity last year!

ic1male · 6 Oct 2010 at 08:54

Logsi said:
I live in Cornwall! Having a 24mb connection in Cornwall is something to brag about. You have to remember, we only got this new fangled thing called electricity last year!

Yes and if I recall correctly, you'll be getting 100Mbits within 5 years. :mad:

Phate · 6 Oct 2010 at 08:55

steveo said:
its around 11gb

You are having a laugh?!!?!

ELEVEN?! :eek:

Sodding hell this is going to take till the weekend atleast

- Quick math calculation, thats a 2 days solid downloading at full speed for me

- Which isn't really an option for me as people use the net all the time in my house. Blehhh....wonder if I can cane works connection and then take it home. Hmmm...

Logsi · 6 Oct 2010 at 09:27

Said 7GB for me. Maybe because i have some previous data that it didn't need?!

Phate · 6 Oct 2010 at 09:34

Hmm must've done, what games did you have installed previously?

steveo · 6 Oct 2010 at 09:46

Phate said:
You are having a laugh?!!?!

ELEVEN?!

Sodding hell this is going to take till the weekend atleast - Quick math calculation, thats a 2 days solid downloading at full speed for me - Which isn't really an option for me as people use the net all the time in my house. Blehhh....wonder if I can cane works connection and then take it home. Hmmm...

some of that is the source engine but if you have tf2 or another source game installed then it cuts down the download

Logsi · 6 Oct 2010 at 09:48

Boom!

Phate · 6 Oct 2010 at 12:30

steveo said:
some of that is the source engine but if you have tf2 or another source game installed then it cuts down the download

Ah cool, well I've got CS:S and a few others installed so should be smaller

steveo · 6 Oct 2010 at 13:33

Well chuffed it runs great on my iMac at native res, glad I got the 4850 model now

Logsi · 6 Oct 2010 at 18:24

I'm running at 1680x1050 with everything on medium apart from high character models. Runs adequately.

Feek · 6 Oct 2010 at 18:26

I've often wondered about the Civilisation games - I see that IV is available. Is it worth a punt?

/edit - Not that my Steam is even managing to connect right now *sigh*

Phate · 6 Oct 2010 at 18:28

Right Steam reckons it'll take about 8 hours to download. That's one for overnight

Logsi · 6 Oct 2010 at 18:59

Feek said:
I've often wondered about the Civilisation games - I see that IV is available. Is it worth a punt?

/edit - Not that my Steam is even managing to connect right now *sigh*

If you get Civ 4, prepare for hours to disappear in a eye blink!