I have been running WHS v1 since it was in beta and I want to try out WHS 2011. I just bought the WHS 2011 OS to hedge my bets since I am worried about how much longer it will be sold and since it is only $50 it is not that much of a loss if I don't end up using it.
If all goes well I will install to the same hardware that is currently running WHS v1, but I don't want to do that initially. I want to install on another PC that I have first just to try things out and run both versions of WHS in parallel, albeit one that will only be a temporary system.
How does Activation work with WHS 2011? Is it like Win7 where you can skip Activation while installing and run unactivated on this "test" hardware for 30 days? Or is it like Win8 where you have to supply an Activation Key while running the install process?
Am I violating my EULA by temporarily using a test hardware platform?