Something tells me you don't want to buy right this second. A lot of the value of bitcoin is tied up with trends of increased value in privacy, anonymity, and anti-central bank fiscal policy, which are all at something of a local maximum these days.

It's definitely a good idea to familiarize yourself with bitcoins, how to use them, how to securely hold them, and how they work at each technical level if for no other reason than that they are cool as all hell.