Thanks for the explanation. Do you have a recommended list of proccessors? (so I can buy one that will work well next time)
Just use the noasm builds. If you're looking to update, you'll need a stronger CPU anyways (seeing you're going online with this machine), blockchain ain't getting smaller! But I digress. Generally, laptop CPUs have much less silicon to save on power, so only mid-high end laptop CPUs will have all the good stuff. Desktop CPUs are different, basically any i3 from 2010 will have all that you need.
Perhaps "not installed" would be a more appropriate phrasing. Basically, running Armory by doing:
You can 'sudo make install' after building from source.