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by x13pixels 891 days ago
> "...and the PC will shut down every hour"

Likely to be as close to a production Windows environment as possible.
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deskamess 891 days ago
> If the evaluation period expires, the desktop background will turn black, you will see a persistent desktop notification indicating that the system is not genuine, and the PC will shut down every hour.

Otherwise you have an approx 1 month trial period. Which is pretty short - 2 months would be better.

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vextea 891 days ago
The main issue is that the duration is variable depending on when the VM was released. When I checked earlier (not sure if this is still the case) the license was valid for 90 days after release.
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stinos 891 days ago
With slmgr /rearm you can extend the license period. IIRC a couple of times but not unlimited, but I definitely got more than 2 months out of it.
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fodkodrasz 891 days ago
How does the 1 month compare to the 0 month trial period offered by of MacOS?

I think one month is decent. But I'm pretty sure if it would be 2 months, you'd say 2 months is pretty short (why?), 3 would better (sure, more is better).

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