OK well having read this thread again, and noting the input of several frequent and respected posters, I am no closer to a decision :(<br><br>Whatever OS I choose I'll be getting a SSD for the OS (including mysql databases) and changing OSes will be simpler without any media at all on the SSD. My current system has a 750G drive as / and it has a number of movies and all my music on it. That disk will be freed up in this process and become a data only disk.<br>
<br>The SSD will also mean I can keep the existing system as reserve in the meantime - I may even see if I can move the data off it, shrink it down to size and make a new data partition.<br><br><br>