I like my Anycubic I3 Mega
ANYCUBIC 3D Printer- Think Big, Make Bigger, it was affordable and mostly pre-assembled with a large mostly cubic build volume. Replacement parts are readily available, cheap and easy to install.
I basically went with this because like you I didn't know what I was doing and didn't want to spend a lot getting started. I must say though, it's been a workhorse.
I guess it depends on the type of printing you want to do and the resolution you're after. A resin printer will give you higher resolution but you have to deal with chemical resins.
For a filament printer, temperature is definitely something everyone has an opinion on and only seems to be found by trial and error depending on the filament type and brand. Temperature includes extruder and bed. I know a lot of people swear by Simply3D or swear at it. Personally, I've been using the Free Cura and dabbled in a lot of other Free 3D slicers.
Also, I would ask yourself, can I model in 3D, use CAD, or will I need to depend on other peoples models from sites like ThingIverse? This shouldn't be a show stopper but it's something I think most people don't think much about when getting started.
For modeling I use Caligari trueSpace. I'd already used that for years, even though they were bought by Microsoft and and made Free. trueSpace basically disappeared but you can still find it for Free. Since I was a Caligari Proteam member I also have a lot of plugins including the ability to save models directly as .STL (Stereolithography format) which can be loaded directly into my Slicer of choice.
Your slicer converts your .STL file into a .GCODE file the printer uses to create the 3D model.
Since printing does take a while, I save my .GCODE files to an SD card which I plug directly into my printer to print standalone. In other words, I don't connect my printer to a computer and print. I don't want to tie up a computer that long.