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Cons of Steam Cleaning the Truck Engine. Overall, steam cleaning the truck engine pros outweigh the cons. If the process is done properly, this can help extend the life of your vehicle and save you money over time. DetailXPerts, an eco-friendly, mobile auto detailing company specializes in steam cleaning technology. Here are a few of the pros and cons of using a steam heating system. A steam heating system uses a boiler to create the steam. The boiler will then pump steam through pipes in the walls of the house. The pipes will then pump steam into radiators that are placed throughout the house. The steam will emit heat from the radiators into the house.

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Steam processors, or hair steamers, are not new to the salon industry but you definitely don't see them in every salon. Yes, change is hard, and colorists are extra wary of making changes to their precious color formulas and processing times. Using new tools and machines can be scary, I completely understand. No one wants to turn their clients into guinea pigs, but change can also point to evolution, and steam processing just might be the way of the future.

A steam processor works with the use of vapor steam and heat, which opens up the cuticle and allows the color molecules to penetrate deeply and quickly while still maintaining the integrity of the hair. Compared to conventional over-head dryers, hair steamers allow for shorter processing times because the color does not take as long to penetrate the cuticle. Steam processors are extra handy for stubborn colors like red, that have a hard time getting into the hair due to their larger color molecule makeup.

Hair steamers can also be used with conditioning and other hair treatments. The steam will drive the product deep into the hair, leaving it smooth and shiny. A hair steamer is also a great treatment for dandruff and itchy scalp. The steam will infuse moisture into the scalp and the heat will kill any fungus or bacteria that is causing the itching.

Steam processors are easy to use and the only regular maintenance they require is the water tank to be filled. They are lightweight and portable with adjustable steam levels, a low-water indicator light and an adjustable angled hood. They look very much like a regular hood dryer, except with a water tank and a fancier control pad on the back.

Steam processors can be used with all types of hair color, no need to adjust what you're already using. Unlike over-head dryers, you will not cover the head with a plastic cap while processing. You can still wrap the hairline with cotton to avoid any drips, but the steam needs to reach the hair in order to work. Most stylists claim that their processing times are cut in half when using hair steamers. You'll obviously want to play around with it before using it on clients and determine what the best processing time will be for each.

Less processing time means you can see more clients in a day, which leads to more money in your pocket.

That's a good thing because these things don't always come cheap, at least not the fancy ones which can be around $1800. There are cheaper versions on the market but I would at least go with a mid-range to high-end brand. The big sell is that you will save time and make more money by using a steam processor but this might not be true for all salons. Weigh the financial pros and cons before investing in a big ticket item like this.

Important Things to Remember When Using a Hair Steamer

• Use distilled water when filling up your hair steamer. Unfiltered water contains particles, chlorine and other damaging elements that can shorten the life of your hair steamer. Simply using water that has run through a Brita filter will do the trick.
• Never turn the steamer on if there is not water in the tank. Running your hair steamer without water will damage your machine.
• Steam is powerful and can be dangerous if not used properly. Check with your client regularly while they are under the steamer to make sure they are comfortable and not getting too hot.

By announcing SteamOS yesterday, Valve declared that PC gaming is more than desktop gaming, that Windows is not our master, and that—finally—cats can own Steam accounts. The free, Linux-based, cat-friendly operating system is designed for gaming on living room PCs, because PC gaming according to Valve isn't about WASD and DirectX—it's about openness and collaboration.

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We're free to choose our hardware, our software, our mods, and soon more than ever, how we play, where we play, and whether or not Microsoft gets a cut. If SteamOS takes off, PC gaming will undergo one of its most dramatic changes ever—possibly one more significant than the introduction of the free-to-play model and crowdfunding. That's thrilling, but also scary as hell, so we've worked through our fears with a list of SteamOS pros and cons, followed by deep breaths in anticipation of tomorrow's announcement .

The Pros

It's free. If you have a living room PC, or plan to build one, you can ditch Windows for free. That feels really good to say, but the adoption rate hinges on SteamOS launching with native support for everything we want in a media and gaming center. Streaming games from a secondary PC is neat, but we'd rather run them natively on the machine we paid to put in our living room. It also needs native Netflix and Hulu apps, and all the other media services offered by the consoles.

Valve says it's got this covered, announcing that it's 'working with many of the media services you know and love,' and that 'hundreds of great games are already running natively on SteamOS,' with native 'AAA titles' to be announced in the coming weeks.

It encourages competition in the console market. May the best Steam Box win! Windows isn't designed for TVs, so neither are many PCs. Now Valve is giving away a platform for games, movies, and music, challenging hardware manufacturers to make systems that are powerful, quiet, and inexpensive. It used to be Microsoft vs. Sony vs. Nintendo fighting for the top of the living room ecosystem's food chain—soon it may be Microsoft vs. Sony vs. Nintendo vs. Everyone.

It should run some games better. One of the few advantages consoles have over PCs (whether or not they always make the best of it) is an OS specifically designed for gaming. Meanwhile, we have Windows, which is clearly not designed to be an ideal gaming platform. With SteamOS, however, Valve claims it has 'achieved significant performance increases in graphics processing,' and is now working on 'audio performance and reductions in input latency at the operating system level.'

Last year, Valve posted a performance test of Left 4 Dead 2 running on Windows 7 and on Ubuntu, and the Linux build came out ahead, saying that the test 'speak[s] to the underlying efficiency of the kernel and OpenGL.' This isn't close to being an objective experiment—and we'll look forward to making our own evaluations—but it is encouraging.

It means more Linux games, and more couch-friendly PC games. SteamOS is as much about ditching Windows as it is putting PC gaming in the living room, so it affects even those firmly planted in their desk chairs. If SteamOS achieves the install base it needs for developers big and small embrace Linux, the Microsoft shackles may be broken forever.

The Cons

Steam Boxes may struggle to compete in price. A PC designed to run SteamOS skips over the Windows fee, but unlike a console, the manufacturer can't rely on game licensing fees to recoup costs—that money goes to Valve. Sony and Microsoft, however, can price their consoles competitively with that revenue in mind, which gives them the advantage. Valve itself could price hardware this way, but that would undercut third-party hardware manufacturers and could turn out to be anti-competitive. Unless, of course, Valve makes the unlikely move to subsidize the cost of these systems.

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It could increase development costs. Major game developers aren't going to ditch Windows, the platform with the world's largest install base. If SteamOS becomes a competitive gaming platform, competitive developers will have yet another version to make, soaking up more resources.

The pessimistic angle is that this can only result in either lower quality games or more expensive games. The optimistic angle is that SteamOS will be embraced and prioritized by developers with the same enthusiasm as the consoles.

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It could further fragment games and smother certain genres. If SteamOS eclipses the popularity of desktop gaming, developers will have less incentive to develop desktop games. Just as developers rushed into mobile and Facebook development, we could see a flood of controller-based Steam games that push niche and classic-style PC games into the slums.

It's a scary thought, but when we un-jerk our knees and really consider this scenario, it's a very minor concern. Crowdfunding has proven without a doubt that there's still a huge appetite for old fashioned mouse and keyboard PC games . The positive—and more likely—angle is that we'll see just greater diversity in the Steam library.

It gives Valve even more power over PC gaming. Valve isn't PC gaming. We know that, and millions of League of Legends players, World of Tanks enthusiasts, GOG.com users, modders, and more know that. But Steam is the most popular digital distribution service, and soon, it will be a platform . SteamOS may be free, but it's only as open as Valve allows. We don't know yet if we can use SteamOS to play non-Steam games, or if Valve will make exclusivity deals. We've asked, and Valve's answer will be a huge indicator of its intentions. [ Update: The announcement of Steam Machines also revealed that the SteamOS source code will be available.]

If you've got a passionate thought about SteamOS, we'd love to include it in our next issue of PC Gamer. We're always listening at letters@pcgamer.com.