Astronomy: For the newbies

I haven't opted for any telescope yet as I'm still looking for the one suitable and affordable, hence I need to study and doing some research before buying one, here are the links that I found useful -

http://www.my-spot.com/whatkind.htm

http://www.r-clarke.org.uk/starting_astro1.htm

http://www.nsaac.org/first_scope.htm

http://www.rocketroberts.com/astro/first.htm

http://www.scopereviews.com/begin.html

http://physics.weber.edu/planet/telescope_advanced.html

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/equipment/home/3303926.html

http://findascope.com/

Some of the information are redundant so I bet the redundant part is convincing, I figure there's no point to jump into buying expensive telescope but buying one that suits my need based on my budgets should be better approach.