Forum Overview :: Gamerasutra :: Here's the real reason

[quote name="Fullofkittens"]I play games on a couple of different computers (work PC, home PC, home laptop), and I periodically reinstall windows on each of them. When I do a reinstall, I like that I no longer have to manage a shitload of installer exes, some of which might not be compatible with the new version I just installed. All I have to do is log in to Steam and click the install button for whatever game I want to play. Similar frameworks exist for pretty much all the software I use nowadays. When I do a fresh install of Windows, I should no longer need to back anything up or move any installers around. I should just be able to log in to the sites I use and get it all back. I guess in your case you could keep all those million exes in Dropbox or some shit, I dunno. I'm lazy and disorganized, I want somebody else to handle it.[/quote]