Razer has announced that its new Edge gaming tablet will soon be getting Steam software pre-installed.
"Razer has one mission in mind: to innovate for PC gamers worldwide," says Min-Liang Tan, co-founder, Razer CEO and creative director. "Providing users with access to Steam will enable Razer Edge users to play their favorite games with greater ease than ever before."
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Who said I had any problems with Steam? You may wish to reread my post.
My problem is with shovelware, not Steam. If you can use Steam, then you have an internet connection anyhow, so there's simply no need to preload it on any PC, like just about every other damn piece of shovelware you find on a new system.
Shovelware can be quite obnoxious, beyond the time spent simply uninstalling it if you have no interest in the software. For example, if that shovelware includes Norton 360 and you're a C++ developer, you can end up with your dev packages being summarily (and silently o.O') deleted by Norton's "Sonar" module*. And that's just one example of cruddy shovelware; there are legions.
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*Just google "norton inappropriately (deletes OR deleting) files"; the capitalized "OR" is important, btw.
Honestly, Steam isn't much more difficult, homes. And with Steam vs. a typical console game, I can do things like go in and edit .ini files for better performance and/or better graphics, just as an example =) .
Believe me, I'm no Steam fanboi, but implying Steam is difficult to use ? assuming you still have the internet connection you used to download Steam in the first place ? is just silly.
