What apps wont work with Windows 11?

[Eliot Rosewater]

Assuming I have a laptop compatible, and I think I do, what reason is there NOT to download 11?

I use apps like Netflix, Prime/Amazon, Hulu etc. I dont use much else other than basic surfing, email etc.

I have a newer LG...

[CurtEastPoint]

1. You use Netflix, Prime and Hulu on your computer?

[padfun]

3. I do too. I watch Roku, Netflix and IMDB TV on my computer.

But my monitor is a 50" TV

I use about a TB downloading every month.

Edit: Roku isn't through the computer actually. It is accessed outside the computer through the roku menu on my TV.

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. Only when the power goes down and I have no wifi and I can watch downloaded programs

Which doesnt actually work on some of them but yes I can and do.

[Earth-shine]

9. Some of us use a PC to drive the big TV.

I have a 4K LG OLED. I think the user interface for the settings and smart apps is horrible.

It's just easier to use the Windows PC to send signals to the TV.

[msongs]

2. from what have read most anything working on 10 will do. lefotvers from 7 maybe nt

[Earth-shine]

4. Assuming your needs remain minimal, what do you think Win 11 will do for you?

Why be a trend-setter when you are a minimal user?

Why open yourself up to potential trouble?

Even reinstalling the same operating system can be problematic. It's all fine until something goes wrong.

You have much to lose (like time and energy). What will you potentially gain?

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. I thought you just clicked on downloading it in settings, it is asking me if I want it.

And eventually you will have to use it as they wont service it, but that isnt for 4 more years.

[Earth-shine]

8. Elliot, if your computer is currently doing fine, I suggest you not do this.

I have been traumatized in the past by Microsoft's ideas about upgrading.

Five years ago, they forced Win 10 upgrades to a lot of older computers that could not handle it. Older computers ran worse under 10.

Remember Vista? They fixed Vista by creating Win 7.

Your mileage may vary, but again, why do it? Just because they gave you a pop-up?

Four years from now, you will have options. No need to do it now.

You have a chance to do what some of can't in life -- save yourself!

[Faux pas]

7. Thank you

that's the decision I made about 11. For the noodling I do on my laptop 10 is good enough for me.

[Earth-shine]

10. Win 10 was made from the ground up to deliver ads, while accumulating the user's "telemetry."

This is why MS forced the upgrades five years ago, literally tricking people into upgrading with misleading pop-ups.

I am sure (without having actually researched it), that MS has improved its ad delivery and spying-on-the-user techniques in time for Win 11.

[BootinUp]

11. If windows updates is working on the pc

It should install a pc health check app and tell you if the pc is ready for win 11. Software that runs on windows 10 should work as far as I know.

[Eliot Rosewater]

12. Thanks