Just to note to thank you once again for your recommendation. I am writing this missive from my Asus EeePC running Mint/xfce 32bit... Spun it in last night in about 20 minutes... As far as I can tell, it picked up everything perfectly and is running nicely - Noticeably quicker than w/ WinXP! It still lags a little, but it is definitely useable - More so than it ever has before.
SWEET. Thanks very much.
You’re very welcome, and I’m glad it worked!