never heard of it, im sure its very nice but in Linux land when people say runs on old machines they mean low spec laptops or older than the <10 years Vista would date yours to. stick to Mint or Ubuntu, most likely to get support for any issues you face.
SSD are easy to install like a new bike tyre. bit of a trick to getting them inplace but simply if you follow the instructions. upgrading is usually done in situ, you clone existing HD to the SSD then switch over in BIOS which is primary, or simply change the connectors round.
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