LOL Joe, the graphics are exactly the same, just so you know. I can't believe you never changed your graphics settings at all.
I used to develop on WON HL, but it got tiresome having to transfer files between that and the Steam folders for whatever reason, so I just went over to Steam exclusively. Besides, I never used to map anything multiplayer except for CS, so online stuff didn't matter to me. WON HL is so much lighter and faster than the Steam version, the map would take literally 2 seconds to launch after compiling was finished.