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Eliot Rosewater

(32,528 posts)
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:05 PM Oct 2021

What apps wont work with Windows 11?

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...

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padfun

(1,855 posts)
3. I do too. I watch Roku, Netflix and IMDB TV on my computer.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:12 PM
Oct 2021

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

(32,528 posts)
5. Only when the power goes down and I have no wifi and I can watch downloaded programs
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:16 PM
Oct 2021

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

 

Earth-shine

(4,044 posts)
9. Some of us use a PC to drive the big TV.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:30 PM
Oct 2021

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.

 

Earth-shine

(4,044 posts)
4. Assuming your needs remain minimal, what do you think Win 11 will do for you?
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:15 PM
Oct 2021

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

(32,528 posts)
6. I thought you just clicked on downloading it in settings, it is asking me if I want it.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:17 PM
Oct 2021

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

 

Earth-shine

(4,044 posts)
8. Elliot, if your computer is currently doing fine, I suggest you not do this.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:26 PM
Oct 2021

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

(15,292 posts)
7. Thank you
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:20 PM
Oct 2021

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

 

Earth-shine

(4,044 posts)
10. Win 10 was made from the ground up to deliver ads, while accumulating the user's "telemetry."
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 08:39 PM
Oct 2021

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

(48,897 posts)
11. If windows updates is working on the pc
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 09:15 PM
Oct 2021

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.

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