Thanks to Valve, Mac users can finally claim to own a "gaming rig" without resorting to Boot Camp or causing PC gamers to burst into laughter. Sure, you're still going to be better off
cost-for-pixel-crunching with a mid-range PC desktop than anything Apple offers, but for a MacBook Pro user looking to get in a few frags during lunch, the arrival of
Steam for Mac is probably the best news they've heard this year -- and luckily that Source engine isn't too hard on older hardware. Mostly the same crop of games that were available to beta testers are available in the final product, with
Portal and
Team Fortress 2 standing atop the heap (Portal's even free for a limited time!), while
Half-Life and
Left 4 Dead remain notably absent. Check out
Joystiq if you want a full breakdown of the games, including a few of the highlights, we have... um, some stuff to do. You know, boring work stuff. You probably wouldn't be interested. Hit that source link for the download.
Update: We're not seeing
Team Fortress 2, and we're not getting an option for picking up the Mac version of
Civ IV, even though it's a "Steam Play" title. The free
Portal download isn't working either, but at least we're relatively certain that it will at some point.
