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32-bit ThinkPad X60: still worth it? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 11 months ago by automaticdoor75@sopuli.xyz to c/libreboot@sopuli.xyz

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It's hard to beat the X60 for portability, but most of the X60s on eBay have 32-bit CPUs. Is it worth getting one these days for regular use?

After taking a look online, here are a few operating systems that still support 32-bit:

Debian
Haiku
FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD
CentOS
Slackware
Alpine
Gentoo

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[–] rmtworks@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Since these systems come with Core Duo processors, I think they should also support some of the first gen Core 2 Duo mobile chips (I’m thinking like the T7200). Those chips support 64 bit and should be pretty cheap to come by, if you’re willing to do some surgery on the laptop.

[–] automaticdoor75@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

Yes, the T60 is socketed, so I did upgrade mine to use the T7600. The X60 is soldered, though. The rare 64-bit X60 laptops do come with the T7200. There are some X60 tablets with a with a weird 64-bit CPU that's only 1.5 GHz or so.