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Hello All

Does anybody know how long you can use
the Win 8 Consumer preview ?
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Acer Aspire X3910 & HP Pavilion a6334f
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64x and 32x
- CPU
- Acer: Intel Pentium E5700 HP: Core 2 Duo E4500
- Memory
- Acer: 4 GB HP: 3 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Acer: Integrated HP: Integrated
- Sound Card
- Acer: Integrated HP: Integrated
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Sceptre 21"
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900
- Hard Drives
- Acer: WD Caviar Blue 640 GB WD6400AAKS-22A7B2
HP: WD 500GB WDC WD5000AAKS-65YGA0
- Cooling
- Both: CPU Fan
- Internet Speed
- 4.5 To 5.0
- Other Info
- Seagate Ext. Port. Drive 2.5" 500 GB
Hitachi Ext. Port. Drive 2.5" 320 GB
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Why does it matter? You should only use it to preview not to use for long term.
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Alienware Aurora ALX R4
- OS
- Windows 10 Pro (x64)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-3930K (3.2GHz - 4.5GHz)
- Motherboard
- Alienware Aurora-R4 x79
- Memory
- 4x Samsung 4GB PC3-12800 DDR3 (16GB 1600MHz)
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia Geforce GTX 690
- Sound Card
- SteelSeries Siberia Elite
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell UltraSharp U3011
- Screen Resolution
- 2560x1600
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB, Seagate 1TB Desktop Hybrid HDD, 2x Western Digital 4TB Green HDD
- PSU
- 875W Some Dell PSU <.<
- Case
- Alienware Aurora ALX
- Cooling
- Custom Liquid Cooling (EK CPU & GPU blocks) dual EK 480RAD
- Keyboard
- Logitech G710+ Mechanical
- Mouse
- Logitech G700s
- Internet Speed
- Verizon Fios (50 mbps average)
- Other Info
- Server: Intel NUC D54250WYK: i5-4250U, 16GB, 256 GB mSATA, Windows Server 2012 R2
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- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Self built custom
- OS
- 64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
- CPU
- Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
- Memory
- 64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
- Sound Card
- Integrated
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
- Screen Resolution
- 2560x1440
- Hard Drives
- 1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
TerraMaster F8 SSD Plus NAS
- PSU
- Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
- Case
- Thermaltake Core P3
- Cooling
- Corsair Hydro H115i
- Keyboard
- Logitech wireless K800
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master 4
- Internet Speed
- 2 Gb/s Download and 100 Mb/s Upload
- Antivirus
- Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
- Browser
- Google Chrome
- Other Info
- Logitech Z625 speaker system,
Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
Galaxy S23 Plus phone
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- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Acer Aspire X3910 & HP Pavilion a6334f
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64x and 32x
- CPU
- Acer: Intel Pentium E5700 HP: Core 2 Duo E4500
- Memory
- Acer: 4 GB HP: 3 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Acer: Integrated HP: Integrated
- Sound Card
- Acer: Integrated HP: Integrated
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Sceptre 21"
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900
- Hard Drives
- Acer: WD Caviar Blue 640 GB WD6400AAKS-22A7B2
HP: WD 500GB WDC WD5000AAKS-65YGA0
- Cooling
- Both: CPU Fan
- Internet Speed
- 4.5 To 5.0
- Other Info
- Seagate Ext. Port. Drive 2.5" 500 GB
Hitachi Ext. Port. Drive 2.5" 320 GB
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Glad we could help.

- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Self built custom
- OS
- 64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
- CPU
- Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
- Memory
- 64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
- Sound Card
- Integrated
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
- Screen Resolution
- 2560x1440
- Hard Drives
- 1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
TerraMaster F8 SSD Plus NAS
- PSU
- Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
- Case
- Thermaltake Core P3
- Cooling
- Corsair Hydro H115i
- Keyboard
- Logitech wireless K800
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master 4
- Internet Speed
- 2 Gb/s Download and 100 Mb/s Upload
- Antivirus
- Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
- Browser
- Google Chrome
- Other Info
- Logitech Z625 speaker system,
Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
Galaxy S23 Plus phone
I installed it dual boot and it broke my LAN driver and I didn't like the lay out so factory reset it to get rid of it
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- acer aspire x3950
- OS
- windows 7 home prem 64 bit
- CPU
- i3 530
- Memory
- 4 gig ddr 3
- Graphics Card(s)
- onboard i only play game using onlive cloud gaming
- Sound Card
- onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- i-inc 19 wide screen
- Hard Drives
- 640 gig
- PSU
- 250
- Case
- small form
- Cooling
- fan
- Keyboard
- logitech
- Mouse
- motor mouse
- Internet Speed
- 50 meg
- Other Info
- Firefox nightly 64bit
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I dual boot on my other computer (32x) so for no problems.
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Acer Aspire X3910 & HP Pavilion a6334f
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64x and 32x
- CPU
- Acer: Intel Pentium E5700 HP: Core 2 Duo E4500
- Memory
- Acer: 4 GB HP: 3 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Acer: Integrated HP: Integrated
- Sound Card
- Acer: Integrated HP: Integrated
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Sceptre 21"
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900
- Hard Drives
- Acer: WD Caviar Blue 640 GB WD6400AAKS-22A7B2
HP: WD 500GB WDC WD5000AAKS-65YGA0
- Cooling
- Both: CPU Fan
- Internet Speed
- 4.5 To 5.0
- Other Info
- Seagate Ext. Port. Drive 2.5" 500 GB
Hitachi Ext. Port. Drive 2.5" 320 GB