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From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
Subject: Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support
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Jhulian Waldby <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> wrote:
> candycanearter07 wrote:
> > Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 19:29 this Monday (GMT):
> >> candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
> >>> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 16:49 this Monday (GMT):
> >>>>
> >>>> It's no surprise --Valve announced their intentions way back in late
> >>>> 2023!-- but now it's finallly happened.* The newest versions of Steam
> >>>> will no longer run on Windows 7 or 8 (or MacOS 10.13/10.14). So if you
> >>>> still have a Windows 7 gaming PC, well... say goodbye to any
> >>>> Steam-launched games on that system.
> >>>>
> >>>> Time to upgrade those old Win7 machines to Linux, I guess.
> >>>>
> >>>> * as of November 5th. Okay, I'm a bit late with the announcement ;-)
> >>>> https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/4472730495692571025
> >>
> >>> I'll miss Win7.
> >>
> >> Me too even though I still have a disk image backups and VMs. I prefer
> >> W2K though. That is the best Windows version ever!
> > 
> > 
> > Well, Win7 has better compatibility with stuff..
> > 
> <https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/deals/apple-ipad-black-friday-deals-2024>

Why would we want iPads? :P
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