You get better, faster results with an electronic tuner, especially for a newbie.

You know, I never found that to be the case. When I had a tuner, I'd try to get all of the strings in tune according to it, and it took me a long time. I ended up using it to make sure that E was in tune, and then just do the rest by ear, fine tuning playing chords and making minor adjustments. (D, D flat, Dsus2, and Dsus4 always worked well for me in this case for some reason.) But, then, I think I may have the rudiments of perfect pitch, so maybe tuners are easier and better for some.