newbie to microcontrollers..

Salgat,

None of us pushed the OP in the direction of PICs (not much anyway). I pointed out if he wants quick help HERE then use he should use PICs. I memtioned that he should use avrfreeks for AVR. There was not attempt to hid that.

Are you willing to hang around and help answer AVR questions here?

Don't worry 3v0, I wasn't trying to imply anything about what you said, just making sure he knows there is plenty of support for the AVRs, especially over at AVRFreaks.