When the download is complete you will see the VM GUI pop up, and the normal Kali Linux boot process will run in that window. After about a minute or so, you will get the Kali login window shown here.

Offensive Security has announced its implementation of a file system snapshot in Kali Linux, a feature designed to add VM-like snapshotting to bare-metal installs.

FireEye debuts Windows Commando VM as Kali Linux rival The toolkit is aimed at filling a gap in the Windows-based penetration testing space.