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Hi Philip,
I own and use a Meade LX90-10" (ACF), and one of the comrades in the astro club uses a Celestron CPC-800.
The Meade has very good tracking. It has good accurate Gotos. And there are a lot of Meade LX90-8" around. Possibly the most of any Goto scope (although I am not certain of that).
The Celestron can do three star aligns. The Meade does only two star aligns. As you would be aware, the extra star makes for a better model.
The Celestron will slew to and align on on the Sun (WARNING - for this you need full-aperture solar filters). The Meade LX90 has no option to track the Sun.
The Meade OTA + fork + tripod (22.5kg) weighs more than the Celestron OTA + fork + tripod (19kg).
As Bo said, it depends on what you want to do with the scope.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
TB
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