Meh this thread of COURSE turned into a stupid piss fest but I wouldn't recommend aero for a nOOb.
And I personally wouldn't go that route either.. with years of growing behind me.
Get some dirt under your nails... then spend all that $$$ ... hope you never have a power outage... and btw the MINIMUM seed to harvest time you should count on is like 4 months... and with aero you have to start from clones anyway (yeah I know someone is gonna argue that one but seeds to aero is a bitch and my aero grower friends won't even touch them)