While I'm but a PPL student on my 18th hour I think Permafrost_ATPL is right on the spot.
When I started on my PPL in january, there was a choice I had to make. There are multiple flying clubs and schools operating at the airfield where I fly. Some of them offer glass cockpit aircraft (DA40's) and make a big point of this in their marketing. While I love the techy stuff I made it a point to choose a flying club that had good old steam gauge PA28's. Much better to learn on the basic stuff, I thought. Cheaper too (although I would have been able to afford either).
I've no plans to continue on to CPL/ATPL, I fly for the fun of it, so I can do the difference training for glass cockpits when and if I feel like it.
This report pretty much reinforces my belief that I made the right choice.