I need to implement version control, even for just the developing I do at home. I have read about how great Subversion is for the past couple years and was about to dedicat
Go for SVN. If you have never used source control before, it won't matter to you one way or the other.
Also, there is not a large amount of learning involved in using a Source Control system. If you learn one, you can easily switch over to another at a later date.
SVN is a great tool, and it should take care of most of your needs. And since it's been around, it has a fair sharer of GUI tools (TortoiseSVN, for example).
Go for SVN.