32 or 64 bit advice

[firenice03]

I agree on the 32/64 bit - its going to come down to preference.. Whether there is a noticeable difference in performance or if you prefer Chrome vs Chromium - again research in the live environment (I myself have both now)

I wasn't sure how new the hardware was; on my 1 set up I needed a 4.x kernel

Two things to take away from the 2nd link I provided..
WiFi may require updates - Commands will be ran in terminal
Trackpad  "in order to make it work properly under Linux, we need to change a couple of things."

These are a couple things that may require modification after an install - then again they may not...  This was from a year ago and on Mint...
Knowing Colin's track record  (please no offense) I'm only offering insight for a preparedness should something arise...