I'm just stuck between Linux and Windows.... I'm not sure anymore...
I don't know if anyone mentioned this, it didn't look like anyone did but If you are unsure then what you need is a dual boot setup like what I have done, actually I now have 3 machines with the dual boot linux and windows combo and it is the best thing ever!
If you want to go this rout you must first install windows, why? Because it is harder to set it up to actually work, you also might not load grub properly, I don't know really since I have never tried it this way and don't want to. This setup will work with any version of windows, Linux doesn't care, I have a machine that is running Windows 2000 and Abuntu 8 I think, and it has been working like that since 2007.
When you install Windows partition only half of the drive if you are installing on the same drive(obviously)
Once you have a version of windows set up, download Linux Mint 13 http://www.linuxmint...ownload_all.php Maya version, you can either put it on a disc or a flash drive.
Go into your PC's bios and set the primary boot device to boot from what you have the Linux OS on. Depending on the PC Linux may autimatically boot.
Once you have come to the point of selecting a partition the installer should give you the option of a dual boot with windows, which is what you will select then choose the vacant partition on the drive... I recommend you do some research just to understand how this works since It has been so long since I have done an install I can't remember the entire process and this is the one point you don't want to mess up on.
Is it worth it? Hell yus! At first you might be confused by Linux but once you have set up your menu's and know where everything is I find it less confusing and more reliable than windows, it certainly doesn't have the annoying fluff that windows comes with and it runs Minecraft and MC edit very well! Steam works ok... I have had a number of update issues with TF2 and Gmod but I suspect that Valve is still working out the bugs.
Make sure you keep Linux up to date, you will see a little shield with a blue icon on it in the menu bar(for me it is in the bottom left hand corner) when there are updates... if you don't install the updates often enough you can end up with one of the problems I am dealing with now where part of the archive manager is broken which for setting up mods and resource packs for minecraft means you have to know where those folders are since minecraft can no longer open it for you. The only solution I could find was to do a re-install.
Now one more thing, you won't be able to access files on Linux from windows(it works the other way around) to do so you will need this: http://www.ext2fsd.com/
Phew, I hope this will be of help to you, this is the closest you will get to the best of both worlds Polaris, I definitely recommend you try it. xD