Respectfully disagree. In fact, I think you'll see non-computer radios start to get phased out except in the RTF entry stuff. Exhibit Futaba's 4EXA which has a street price of about $140 vs. the non-computer 4YF system for $120 with comparable receivers/servos. You don't have to use any of the computer gizmos which come with the radio but I guarantee you'll wish you had them down the road. Even simple features like model memory and exponential are a big help.

I got back into the hobby about 4 years ago and purchased a Futaba 6XA. Whole system including 4 servos and a PCM receiver (wish I hadn't started off with that) was $220. The FM version was selling for the same price. I found expo, dual rates and trim memory to be an immediate help and can keep using this radio far past it's duty guiding my 4ch trainer about the skies.