How important is it to upgrade to Windows 11? [closed]
I have a computer that meets the minimum system requirements and more including a TPM2 .
I want to know if it is necessary to upgrade to Windows 11 or if it is just an option. Will applications drop support, will I lose features, etc.?
Solution 1:
Not at all, at the moment. To be honest, I wouldn't recommend upgrading until Windows 11 has been tested by more people. At some point in the future you will be forced to if you want to use an application that requires Windows 11 and will not run on 10. But that day is a long time away. Microsoft is pretty good with backwards compatibility (even though that has many downsides).
I haven't found any must-have features in Windows 11 so far.
In October 2025 Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 10 though so you should switch before then.
Solution 2:
The answer to the question depends on a lot of different factors.
In an organization with a large fleet of computers and a lots of specific applications that has to continue to function is one situation that is quite different from if you are a home user with one or a few computers.
Regardless, any upgrade of the operating system to W11 will have some upsides and some downsides as well as a number of risks. As there is no real hurry to upgrade for most of us, it might be a good idea to let other people find and mitigate the problems. Programs might stop working, configurations may change, maybe some or other of your hardware will not be supported.
So wait until is my suggestion. But until depends. When new versions of the programs you use will require W11, or perhaps the W11 has functions you really appreciate.
My guess is that you could probably run your current setup until the computer dies, many years from now. It is not like staying on W10 makes your computers worse of time, it will stay the same. Except for one factor: security. One risk you will take is that security updates will no longer be available, but according to MS that is sometime into 2025 for W10, so no hurry there.