Personally I went from double console (spg & depth guage) with wrist mounted compass to AI integrated computer with compass (yes its a SW Petrel).
Personally, I went from a double console (SPG & depth gauge) to, well, I removed the two gauges from the console, discarded the console, and purchased a wrist mount for the depth gauge. That was many, many years ago. I have dived this configuration (with self-winding dive watch and wrist-mount analog compass) ever since for my recreational dives in temperate water.
My (Scubapro) gear is robust and reliable and familiar, and has been paid for for several decades--with no batteries or computer hardware/software faults to worry about.
I advise new divers--this is the "New Divers and Those Considering Diving" forum, after all--that they can dive completely safely, literally forever, using basic, high quality, well-maintained gear. I don't consider a dive computer to be basic gear. The extra coin that they might spend on unnecessary, non-basic gear, they can spend, instead, on air fills, and gasoline for trips to their local diving spots, and hotels/campsites for overnight stays--if expenses are a consideration for them.
Full disclosure: I have had to replace my submersible dive tables (because the orange and white color scheme of the Nu-Way tables don't play well with this sexagenarian's eyes).
rx7diver