Valve’s Steam for Mac available starting today (May 12)
Here’s a big reason why my Bootcamp partition can soon be erased: Valve is releasing Steam for Mac! In case you didn’t know, Steam is a Valve-run platform through which you can download and purchase games. All your purchases stay “in the cloud”, so with one username & password you are able to download and reinstall all your games on any computer. No more worrying about safe-keeping serial numbers and storing all your original CDs/DVDs.
Valve worked closely with Apple to bring the Steam platform to Mac OS. The best part? “Steam Play” will allow you to purchase a game once, and play it on all available Steam platforms. Portal will be the first game made available for Steam on the Mac, and every Wednesday starting from May 12, Valve is expected to release one new game.
Personally, I’m very excited to have a native gaming platform available on the Mac and look forward to reclaiming the 50GB I allocated for XP in Bootcamp. Team Fortress 2, here I come (again).
Look for the Mac client to be made available on Steampowered.com later today in the US.
Source: Steam For Mac Launch Details Revealed
Apple Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results
CUPERTINO, California—April 20, 2010—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 second quarter ended March 27, 2010. The Company posted revenue of $13.50 billion and net quarterly profit of $3.07 billion, or $3.33 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $9.08 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.62 billion, or $1.79 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 41.7 percent, up from 39.9 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 58 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
Apple sold :
- 2.94 million Macs during the quarter, which represents a 33% increase over the second quarter of 2009.
- 8.75 million iPhones – 131% increase over Q2 2009.
- 10.89 million iPods – 1% decrease over Q2 2009.
For more details, see Apple Reports Second Quarter Results.