lol, I remember the days when Steam was brand new with the release of Counter-Strike 1.6 and it was very unreliable (freezing and such).
I also remember the Half-Life 2 launch as well as participating in the numerous pre-dowloads for it.
Amazing how it's come from something so bare, to something so full of features. If they can continue to do this and be successful all for free, I'll be amazed. I consider Games for Windows Live and Xbox Live to be total ripoff's if I have to pay for the same features that I could get for free on the growing PSN (growing, but still meh at the moment) and Steam (getting more awesome every day).
About buring the games, I believe there is an option when you right click and look at the game's properties on Steam to be able to make a backup of it. I haven't done it myself, but I'm sure it'd be nice so you don't have to download a ton of stuff again.
