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Subject: Re: Epic is dropping Win7/8 support
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On 3/24/2024 10:45 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Mar 2024 20:50:15 -0000 (UTC), rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
> (Ross Ridge) wrote:
> 
>> Spalls Hurgenson  <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> This is how it should be. It's very different from Valve, which
>>> actively disables Steam from running on older operating systems, and
>>> even if you do get the client running, its unlikely you'll be able to
>>> use it actually launch games.
>>
>> Just checked and Steam still works on Windows 7.  I was able to update
>> and launch a couple of games without issue.  So while I'm guessing some
>> day in the future it'll stop working when Steam makes some incompatible
>> protocol or API change, for now you can still play Steam games on
>> Windows 7.
> 
> It'll probably be when they update Steam's internal HTML renderer,
> which uses Chrome to a later version. Modern Chrome is Win10 and later
> 
> Then you'll get stuck in the 'Steam must update to run' and 'This
> update doesn't support your OS' loop.
> 
> Fortunately, the Win7>Win10 transition was a lot less rocky than the
> previous WinXP->Win7 change-over, so you'll likely have a lot fewer
> games that will only run on the older OS. And Linux/Wine/Proton is
> increasingly a viable alternative.
> 
> Still, it would have been nice if Valve had provided a
> not-officially-supported alternative for older PCs/operating systems
> to install and run games released before the cut-off date.
> 
> (I mean, I get why they don't, but a lot of older PCs are more than
> capable of running these older games just fine, and it seems like a
> lot of hardware is going to just get wastefully junked because of
> business - and not technical - reasons)
> 
And this would be different than computers have been handled for the 
last 50+ years ... how exactly?

;)

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