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Hello, Glenn.
I think that by now - assuming you have read the above posts - you know that a Dobsonian mount and Newtonian telescope is the style being recommended.
You are right if you think that they don't look like a 'real' telescope. They don't have the wondrous levers and counterweights that make a 'scope look like a 'scope. You even look through them by sticking your eye sideways at the front of the tube assembly; geez, how weird is that?
Do not be fooled. There are plenty of contributors to this site who use telescopes that look like the stereotypical telescope but, and I'm making a sweeping statement, I think you'll find that most of them are top quality gear costing many times more than my (for example) cheaper product.
Keep in mind too that, if your dream turns into a nightmare and you find that banging around in the dark is not really your 'thing', a cheap Newtonian with a decent aperture and Dob mount will be much easier to sell on than a cheap reflector on a 'wobbly' mount.
You will of course, if you have not already, need to find your way around the sky; I'm still learning. Then again, unless you buy something with a computerised data base that will take you to where you wish to look, you will have to do that anyway.
Whatever your final choice, Glenn, I wish you well.
Cheers,
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