SVN was the first type of source control I ever used. It worked for a while, but I never looked back after switching to GIT. It sounds like the biggest issue stopping you from going to git is a good tool to use. I used tortoiseSVN for a while, and tried tortoiseGit when I made the transition but was less than satisfied.
Give Git Extensions a try, it is by far the best gui interface to git on ANY operating system.
