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This free and tested app tells you if and why you are qualified:

Thanks for the good and interesting link... I did check it out and ran the app this morning. LOL! It seemed almost as tricky to get the app downloaded and then past Windows’ built in security than it was to install Windows 11. Although in reality it was no real effort, so I am joking.

But when run, after all the clicks to get around all of Windows’ dire security warnings and refusals, it just says the same thing that Microsoft's tool has said repeatedly for months... that the microprocessor in my laptop is not on the list. It of course does not give any explanation as to why, just as Microsoft does not give any explanation.

In my case, the AMD Ryzen 5 2500u with 25 watt TDP has been the subject of numerous discussions that can be found in various locations, many of which I have participated in over the past few months... There was a bug that affected Ryzen processors initially that was later corrected... Beta testers found that the 15 watt TDP version of the processor (which is most of them) had performance issues when running Windows 11... And there are other explanations as well.

I have had no performance issues even though running a virtual machine with no real GPU support severely limits its usefulness. But what it really comes down to in my case... does Windows 11 work better or have enough advantages over Windows 10 to justify bothering with it.

And that is something that has to be answered individually. In my case, I like to fool around with Windows 11 in a virtual machine just to see where Microsoft is going with it. But there has been no compelling reason to upgrade from Windows 10 on my primary machine.