I think you should go back and rename this "using a pretty modern machine".
CD drive, yup all of my computers have them.
i-series Intel chip, nope, none of my boxes have them. I am still on Core-duo/quad technology.
I don't really consider my computer _very_ old, and it runs all of my stuff. Granted, I am a sysadmin and do not do a lot of GIMP/ffmpeg... I am in the "cobbler has no shoes" camp, and not really by choice, but to say an i3 is really old or that you use a "very old" machine seems a bit of a stretch. It was not too long ago those came out.
CD drive, yup all of my computers have them.
i-series Intel chip, nope, none of my boxes have them. I am still on Core-duo/quad technology.
I don't really consider my computer _very_ old, and it runs all of my stuff. Granted, I am a sysadmin and do not do a lot of GIMP/ffmpeg... I am in the "cobbler has no shoes" camp, and not really by choice, but to say an i3 is really old or that you use a "very old" machine seems a bit of a stretch. It was not too long ago those came out.