Hello Danny, I have a mips64 machine (the mini-pc desktop version of Mark's laptop, with only one core). It is excruciatingly slow (if I remember well, just compiling guix takes a few hours) and makes a tractor like noise, so I turned it off and moved it to my closet. But I could take it out again and try to let it run during the day when I am not there, and see if I manage to upgrade Guix on it.
Andreas