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> "...and the PC will shut down every hour" Likely to be as close to a production Windows environment as possible.

• deskamess 3y 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.
  • fodkodrasz 3y 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).
  • vextea 3y 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.
  • stinos 3y 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.