You will find the CD experience a little slower. Also, there may be some drivers which will not install because running on CD but will install once you're running from hard drive (wireless and graphics mostly).
So, welcome to the community! Burn some ISOs and have fun testing! Hope you find something that suits (I don't doubt you will) and hope you enjoy (and are prepared) for the learning curve. It's not unpleasant.
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