32 or 64 bit advice

[Colin23erk]

Thanks Guys


The reason I asked was I had read that in some cases the 32bit works faster than the 64bit  Is the difference significant or not


The computer was purchased in Nov 2015


this is the info I have from HP



Graphics  ---  Intel HD Graphics
Ports  ---  1 HDMI , 1 headphone/microphone combo , 1  USB 2.0 , 1 USB  3.0 
Expansion slots  ---    microSD media card reader
Audio features  ---  TS Studio Sound; Dual speakers
Pointing device  ---  HP Imagepad with multi-touch gesture support
Wireless  ---  802.11b/g/n (1x1) and Bluetooth 4.0 combo


I will try a USB 64bit live version to see if the drivers are recognized




Thanks for the Google Chrome info - I assumed it was all Linux after reading the warning


I was concerned if the Chrome addons would work with Chromium if I migrated


I was thinking that with such a small memory it would be impractical to duel boot . I was intending making a Backup copy of Windows so I could reinstal it if needed