Once you learn one Garmin, you've learned them all. Started with a 430, and when I started flying larger stuff, the 530 was a piece of cake. Transition to a G1000 was also really easy. They are nice products, but are way too much for new students. As mentioned before, students end up looking at the shiny displays the entire flight instead of what's right out the window. And that's a shame, because I always thought everything looks nicer from a few thousand feet up.