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Smerch, I actually bought one of the Celestron scope they are talking at Dick Smith in March, so can give you the pros and cons. Yes their mounts are rather wobbly, even a small breeze can be irratating. Yes their eyepieces are a little cheap, I am intending to replace mine. Yes, the small aperture limits what you can see. Obviously better away from city lights. Some pros now. The Nexstar computer controller will take to to anything in the sky up at the time, now it is limited by aperture so it will only show you fairly bright objects. The cotroller also has an info button, so you can send to find M48 and once you do that it will tell you that M48 is an open cluster and little info about it. This is an important thing for me as I'm not a patient man. I would not be patient enough to learn starhopping that you would need with a dob. Portability, you undo 2 screws and it's ready to go in the boot of the car. Not at all heavy or ungainly.
Hope this helps if there is anything else you need to know let me know.
Andrew
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