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1. Sleake+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-01-04 18:58:23
And steam was originally released to be compatible with Windows 98. windows 2000 wasn't widely used as a consumer installed OS.
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2. schmuc+r2[view] [source] 2026-01-04 19:14:30
>>Sleake+(OP)
> windows 2000 wasn't widely used as a consumer installed OS

But Windows XP, which came out in 2001, inherited everything from Windows 2000 and more, and was used extensively for gaming.

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3. Sleake+Pp1[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-01-05 08:22:37
>>schmuc+r2
Absolutely and first iterations of steam hardware survey showed mostly XP users, but still 5-7% win 98 install base, which they maintained compatibility with for quite a while, that's just to say that I can see why they might not have used those specific windows APIs at the start.
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