@Theholypumpkin @toby I mean it really depends on one's use-case:

For a lot of people, the @Raspberry_Pi #Pi400 Kit is basically all they need to do their computing needs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Dpz35HLOI

Personally I just tend to install @ubuntu / #UbuntuLTS on most systems as it's a #64bit distro (#RaspberryPiOS is only available for #ARM, #ARM64 & #i386) and comes with support for basically everything anyone ever asked for - including #Steam.
@bunsenlabs is my go-to distro to use on #lowend systems.

@stylinstainless OFC you can install i.e. #32bit #Firefox and #64bit #Firefox on the same system at the same time...

Again just make shure they install in different directories [i.e. #ff32 & #ff64]...

I hope that answers your question.

@ActionRetro How about #BunsenLabs #Linux on the #T61?

Because that'll run awesome...
https://www.bunsenlabs.org/


Sadly unless your T61 has a #Core2Duo upgraded it won't run #amd64 / #64bit distros, so you won't be able to use @tails / #Tails on it...
https://tails.boum.org


Otherwise do it like @fuchsiii and upgrade the #T61 beyond reasonable specs with something like a 2TB SSD and use it as #WindowsXP or #Windows7 #retro machine...

@ipg #WindowsXP #64bit was peak #Windows!

@kithrup @Houl would make sense.

Pretty shure a low power yet #64bit version may have it's merits in #embedded and #automation, espechally if it could be hooked up directly to 5V without need to step-down...

Not shure if it could compete with the @Raspberry_Pi #PiPico (W) unless there's some substantial demand for #DIP40 ir as drop-in #upgrade...

Maybe @fuchsiii would know more?

@kithrup @Houl so a #64bit version of the #MOS6502?

I mean that could be feasible given a #PLCC-288 or some PGA-ZIF-socket...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_4

@ActionRetro Also the other results are easily explainable.

#PCIX is a #64bit bus and propably on it's own #PCI-Root-Controller.

The #IDE controller might be on it's own dedicaded bus if not integrated into the Chipset directly.

The #PCI controller likely has to share the bus with the other #PCI cards like the #7600GS.

The other modules are mostly bottlenecked by the #Flash and it's organization internally...

https://youtu.be/z27b40T6lLs?t=812

@hkrn someone going to hack #WindowsXP #64bit into the ultimate OS - when?