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Stream boxes run on Windows...

• nightpool 11y ago
  The parent was referring to "Steam boxes", i.e. http://store.steampowered.com/steamos http://store.steampowered.com/steamos
  • jethro_tell 11y ago
    I thought they switched to debian or ubuntu.
    • monk_e_boy 11y ago
      Not sure, but you can get Windows to boot to Steam anyway, so the OS kinda disappears so you'd be fine with windows 8 or something for a few years.
  • ethana 11y ago
    That's StreamOS, there's a different. Most of the Steam boxes come with Windows 8 (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2/186-2840984-5406453?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=steam+box http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2/186-2840984-5406453...).
    • CrystalGamma 11y ago
      The Alienware Alpha is NOT a Steam Machine. It was supposed to be, but Valve couldn't figure out their shit soon enough, so they sold it as a normal small-form-factor PC before the hardware became obsolete.
    • petepete 11y ago
      Steam Machines won't be launched until at least November[0]. Anything launched before then, whether it has SteamOS or Windows configured to boot to Steam is just a PC. [0] http://store.steampowered.com/sale/steam_machines http://store.steampowered.com/sale/steam_machines
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