Version Control?

I’ve been looking into if and how I ought to set some sort of version control up and if so what is my easiest method that will allow for growth? I found a good comparison of version control systems here, at smashing mag. But I don’t feel up to speed enough to fully evaluate the alternatives presented, or for that matter am I ready to undertake this complexity, now? I found a good intro to SVN at Peter Gecko Here. But even that article gave me pause, and I posted a similar question there.

I’m a lone and very basic developer with no current experience with version control systems. A friend recommended SVN but I’ve barely gotten my hands around Eclipse and Mysql. which are the current backbone of my development environment. I am using the Brit, Eclipse based, report writer against MySql databases.(I’m on windows, XP and vista with Freeware only) I’ve looked at the Svn documentation, but am very wary of adding that complexity into the environment I barely understand. I’d like to continue to set up an environment that can grow, (languages and tools) as I do. I only have so much bandwidth for learning!

What advice does this much smarter crowd have to offer???