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Dave,
What do you want an imager for?
Purely solar system imaging? (ie: moon/planets), or do you plan to use it for deep-space stuff as well?
I echo Andrew's comments that the ToUcam Pro (840k or 900nc) should be added to your list. The NexImage has the same CCD chip as the ToUcam, but a slightly different chipset I believe.
The Orion StarShoot is fairly new, and I've seen some "ok" images from it, but nothing that rivals the ToUcam yet. It could be because not enough people are using it, but I also think it doesn't have the same sensitive CCD chip as the ToUcam/NexImage.
Don't worry about what software comes with them - for planetary/lunar stuff, you're best off using K3CCDTools, which is free for version 1. It's what most solar system imagers use as their capture software.
The processing software you're likely to use (registax) is also free.
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