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Steam’s game streaming breathes new life into ancient computers

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 31, 2014

Valve is doing some amazing things with SteamOS and Steam Machines, and this game streaming beta is yet another great innovation. How many of us have older computers sitting around that we’ve mostly written off for minor tasks? But with Steam’s game streaming those older computers suddenly have new life and purpose. The other great thing about this is that it cuts across operating systems. The author had Assassin’s Creed IV running on a high-end gaming PC that streamed it to an ancient Macbook.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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