Given the desktop client’s limitations, the is often a better experience on Windows 8.1 64-bit.
Windows 8.1 occupies a strange place in PC history. Released in 2013, it fixed many of the complaints of the original Windows 8, bringing back the Start button and offering a snappy, lightweight experience. Even today, millions of business and home PCs run the operating system due to its lower resource requirements compared to Windows 10 and 11.
The primary reason behind this incompatibility lies in the underlying architecture of Windows. Windows 8.1 relies on an older code base that Microsoft has moved away from.