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thranx on 02 January 2014
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Slimebeast said:
Pemalite said:
Slimebeast said:

Upgrading seems so complicated. Especially on an old HDD where I have bunch of stuff installed.

XP always worked well for me. With my new comp I will have to upgrade though. Will I still be able to access all my Steam games even though I use 2 PCs in parallel?


Upgrading is easy.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows7/help/upgrading-from-windows-xp-to-windows-7

Or you can buy an Upgrade version.

Yes you can.

There are two ways to use Steam from 2 different machines.
Set one PC's Steam to "Offline mode" or use "Family Sharing".

Ok, but the other people here said I should upgrade to WIndows 8 and ignore the Metro interface.

Will I be able to access my steam games if my old PC keeps Windows XP and the new one gets Windows 8?

Does it matter what type of Win 8 license I buy? (I will prob get the cheapest option that goes with the hardware parts I will order soon)

you can backup your games to disc and install them on a new computer so you dont have to redownload them too