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There's a lot of good info in these responses. I would list the priority areas as
1) collimation - there is a big difference in image quality between "in the ball park" and "spot on". It's definitely worth the effort of getting it right and knowing how to tweak it quickly and effectively. Buy a sight tube and cheshire eyepiece or laser collimator before you consider upgrading your scope.
2) cooling - your scope will take an hour or more to reach ambient temperature and the images will improve considerably by the end
3) seeing conditions - you have no control over this but you need to accept that the nights of really good seeing will be few and far between. There are some nights when the best scopes show nothing but a blurry blob for Jupiter or Mars.
4) magnification - you'll rarely be able to use over 300x effectively because of the seeing limitations but this power will be achievable on your scope.
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