The best software for a "Newbie" is not necessarily the easiest software to set up. The best software is the software that can handle any future growth in your company. If you spend a lot of time setting something up and then find that in 1 or 2 years it cannot handle your growth, you get to go through it all over again.
The best software is the software that will handle your growth and the one that will have good classes, conferences, tutorials, tech support and such to help you when you get stuck or just with ideas.
CLIP and qCLIP is being used by over 10,000 companies from small, owner/operator to large multi-million dollar companies. Because CLIP has been around since 1989 it also has the greatest spectrum of options, help and additional features. There are many, many features and functions in CLIP that you won't even know that you need until you get to a certain size or you have certain needs that you don't even know to ask about at this point.
Just like the foundation of a house or building, you have to make sure that your foundation is right or you will have to re-do all of your work causing losses to your company and your own personal income.
Hope this helps,
Dave Tucker