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I would go with steam simply because you never need to find disc to re-install. But also because you are going to want to play TF2 anyways so why not utilize steam from the start?

The advantages of the box is a disc and manual of your own, as well as not having to wait for the files to download on a fresh install.

There are good reasons for both routes but it depends on what kinda person you are. I find that I don't need to play games right after a fresh OS install and since I can just click a few buttons and steam will download and install it for me and pick up where it left off if I need to restart that it is fairly convenient for me.



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