I can relate to a beginner's frustration when a question is answered with "it depends . . . ."
I felt that way when I was planning to buy a computer (the one I use is a hand-me-down from one of my sons) and the salesperson said "what are you planning to use it for?"
And I was at the "I don't even know how to operate the thing (actually, I still don't, but that's another story) but I want one" stage.
I had a boss that made the computer a lot less intimidating (this was in 1989) - he said - "Most people don't know how their cars operate. All they really need to know is to keep it on their half of the road and shiny side up" Similar thing with computers - most of us just need to know how to use the programs and don't need to know how the operating systems work.
I still like to keep pencil and paper handy, though. :)
"It all depends . . . " can also be a very liberating/freeing answer in that it implies that there is more than one "correct" answer.