04-11-2023, 09:14 AM
(31-10-2023, 09:29 AM)Wainuitech Wrote:(31-10-2023, 07:49 AM)paulw Wrote: Oh well if you all have that much money to spend don't let me stop you. by the way you don't have to activate Win 10 or 11 for it to work 95% perfect. A few desktop things you can't do but from my testing it's not an issue and there are work rounds.
As for running without activation, Guess you like driving your car with a permanent flat tyre as well
That's not a very sensible analogy.
Windows 10, at least, doesn't seem to force activation like older versions. Microsoft seem happy to let you use it (probably in return for all the ads and tracking built in they're making money from anyway), at least currently (but maybe that will change, who knows).
The only downside is that certain things like wallpaper, taskbar settings etc are blocked, and you'll get an "unactivated" watermark. These hardly impact the use of the OS like a flat tire would impact a car.
In automobile terms, these are more like not being able to change your climate controls or the radio station.