Heya,
Don't agree completely, I found pokertracker very usefull in analysing my own played hands, but datamining and other people's stats are indeed not something a beginner should worry about (and not really necessary at the first limits).
Pokerstove is completely free so far, so you can just download and get to work on those handequity's
http://pokerstove.com/download/
regards
PS Ofcourse, pokertracker does costs quite a bit (about your starting bankroll) so it's not really interesting untill you're certain you're going to continue after the beginnertables.