It depends. When i started i got into electric first so it was hard to pick up on some of the technique. But also, if you're like me, it will be a pain in the ass not being able to play the load of music with distortion. But that's OK there is plenty other good *clean* type music out there.

And when can you/should you get an electric? I wouldn't know that really well from my own experience, but when yu do you will most likely find it a whole lot easier and even funner. I'd say after you have built up good form and technique then you can start to explore the different sounds and other extras of the electric.