You can run both programs on your laptop. FTM 2012 will not overwrite FTM 11, FTM 2012 will offer to make a copy of your FTM 11 file and then convert the copy to FTM 2012 format.
Note that some portions of FTM 11 may not run correctly on Windows 7 or 8 particularly the PDF export
John D
Note that some portions of FTM 11 may not run correctly on Windows 7 or 8 particularly the PDF export
John D