Don't Drop Windows 7-8.1 Support, Drop Mac & Linux Support Instead

[Tututerokツ雨]

I don't want to switch to laggy resource consuming for no reason spyware Windows 10-1x nor I want to learn Linux and have countless of hours put into just looking up how to solve issues with it and be upset that some things are yet to be compatible.
Mac is probably just terrible, even VALVe acknowledges that.

Most things I use are still compatible with Windows 7 and I'm content with that. Why is it hard to maintain Steam for Windows 7-8.1 but for Linux and Mac it's somehow fine?

They excluded Mac from CS2 but not these 2 earlier versions of Windows, so they already evidently don't care about Mac. I've done so many tweaks on Windows and reached like 9% of RAM consumption with nothing running in the background while having 8Gb of RAM.

So if there is a decision between dropping Windows 7-8.1 or Linux and Mac, Linux and Mac have to go. I'm sorry.

[Mad Scientist]

Windows 10 wont see much more resource use than windows 7, 8 was a complete disaster so dropping support for that is good basically no matter what.

If you believe your CPU/RAM would struggle with 10/11, it's probably overwhelmed running 7 or 8 as-is. Also if you're running 8GB of RAM and using "9%" of your RAM, you're likely forgetting the OS actually consumes a fairly large amount of the installed low total RAM because all OS's need resources to run. Additionally, with 7/8/10/11 you can disable startup items, open less apps etc and even stick to running virtual memory though you may have issues if you have low RAM & low disk space remaining, compared to running a proper amount of RAM for modern day gaming.

You can also disable telemetry with a single on/off slider, disable updates, and firewall specific sites/services if you're worried though as stated the last time; if you use fb/reddit/twitter/amazon or other sites, they're collecting far more about you than you believe windows is yet people still freely utilize those despite their scripts running in so many sites for data collection, which you can also prevent from operating with a firewall or adblocker.

If you're worried about "spyware" or having data collection the best way to avoid such is either avoid the internet entirely, or learn to surf it with better browsers, plugins, and avoiding high data collecting places, etc.

Автор сообщения: Zefar

Автор сообщения: Tututerok

Why do Steam users always think in extremes lol that's not what I'm suggesting or thinking

Win10 is no more of a "spyware" as Win7. Because Win7 has the same stuff that gather information.

So the extremist views comes from people like you who think Win10 is far FAR worse when in reality it isn't.

At the most all I had to do with 10 was block a few domains, and then add the update app to the firewall, though I'm on the latest of Win10 as well since some games need 22H2 in order to function properly. Kind of like how the Steam Client will eventually need a new version in order to run properly on peoples systems which will require 10 and higher.

Thread OP also doesn't really consider that mac really isn't overall supported due to the owning company making it difficult to support gaming with the OS. However, Proton being extremely friendly and a free alternative if people will want to play their Windows games, let alone Linux compatible games. Allows people to still game without paying money for an OS, so it seems quite silly for someone to suggest dropping Linux.

[Haruspex]

There are more Mac and Linux users individually than Windows 7 and 8 users combined.
https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam

Besides that, both MacOS and Linux are modern operating systems that are receiving security updates. Windows 7 hasn't gotten a security update since January of 2020.

This year, in part thanks to Steam Deck but also thanks to MacOS completely dropping 32 bit support from their OS and using custom silicon that you have to program things specifically for (With a really annoying development pipeline.) Linux has passed MacOS.

So as far as Steam goes, Windows 10/11 is top dog. Linux is second place. MacOS is just behind that taking 3rd, and Windows 7/8 is a distant memory that will be vanishing entirely in... (*counts on fingers*) 24 days now.

[Boblin the Goblin]

Автор сообщения: Tututerok

Автор сообщения: SlowMango

Your alt.

?

You've posted with them here before.

[Ethanol]

Making this post, but we all know who are going, lol.

[76561198407601200]

Автор сообщения: Tututerok

I don't want to switch to laggy resource consuming for no reason spyware Windows 10-1x nor I want to learn Linux and have countless of hours put into just looking up how to solve issues with it and be upset that some things are yet to be compatible. Mac is probably just terrible, even VALVe acknowledges that.

Sounds like console would suite you better.

[Ionut Catalin Frasineanu]

Автор сообщения: Tututerok

I don't want to switch to laggy resource consuming for no reason spyware Windows 10-1x nor I want to learn Linux and have countless of hours put into just looking up how to solve issues with it and be upset that some things are yet to be compatible. Mac is probably just terrible, even VALVe acknowledges that.

Most things I use are still compatible with Windows 7 and I'm content with that. Why is it hard to maintain Steam for Windows 7-8.1 but for Linux and Mac it's somehow fine? They excluded Mac from CS2 but not these 2 earlier versions of Windows, so they already evidently don't care about Mac. I've done so many tweaks on Windows and reached like 9% of RAM consumption with nothing running in the background while having 8Gb of RAM.

So if there is a decision between dropping Windows 7-8.1 or Linux and Mac, Linux and Mac have to go. I'm sorry.

Can't wait for 1st January 2024🎉