Valve has quietly released Windows drivers for its newly launched Steam Machine, allowing owners of the compact gaming PC to install and run Microsoft's operating system in place of the SteamOS software it ships with. The move matters because the Steam Machine is designed around Valve's own Linux-based SteamOS, so official Windows support gives buyers the flexibility to switch to a more familiar environment or run software that is not compatible with Linux, even if the article's headline suggests few owners are likely to want to.

The piece is framed with characteristic PC Gamer humour, poking fun at the limited availability of the device and questioning why anyone would swap out SteamOS for a different operating system. Beyond noting the driver release and the small pool of people who have managed to buy the hardware, the surrounding page is largely taken up by PC Gamer's site navigation and membership sign-up prompts rather than further technical detail.