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While a goto telescope is obviously tempting for beginners unfamiliar with the sky, personally I don't think they're such a great idea.
It's like living in a city and relying on a GPS totally to get to your destination, never learning to read a map and never learning to build your own mental map of where things of interest are.
A simple alt-az "grab & go" scope that takes seconds to assemble and is easy to use, or a Dobsonian reflector are a better idea if you're a visual observer, coupled with a planisphere and an atlas. This will get far more use than a complicated scope, and you'll get far more satisfaction out of learning the sky yourself, and later being able to show others where things are without having to consult the goto mount to find out.
In your position I'd go for the biggest aperture Dobsonian your budget and your back will accommodate.
Later you can add digital circles.
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