The question is what do you want to do? Are you going to get into warbirds, 3d, helicopters, sailplanes, etc.... Are you going to want retracts, flaps, and other things. Or are you more of a guy that just wants a few planes with out the added gizmos? I would definetly choose a computerized radio and one that will give you the option that you think your interest will go. How much do you want to invest? Everyone is screaming 2.4 will take away 72mhz and I would argue that 72mhz will be around a long time. Heck, we just removed ham spots from the board at our field. I don't believe everyone is going to move over to 2.4ghz and simple give up their 300 dollar radios to jump into a radio that costs close to $1,000 plus each new receiver is $100 dollars. I would leave the hobby before I reinvest that kind of money and I would assume that I am not alone in that decision.

just my .02cents