Hi,
Depending on your loading you might want to look at the either of the Tak EM200, EM400 or EM500 mounts. (They also make massive research/observatory mounts but I am sure you are not interested in those
)
I have a EM400 and found it to be a very good mount and whisper quiet. I was amazed how quite when I first used it as my prior mounts were quite noisy (I now call them the Diesel's
). Construction and mechanical quality is excellent with excellent counterweights.
Only issue is they do not come with a GOTO handset as standard and the PC/Laptop software is a bit primitive. Also the mount/tripod does not have an in-built bubble level.
There is actually some great Software/GOTO control options for Laptop/PC, Windows Mobile, Palm, IPhone 3GS and IPAD.
I personally use either my IPhone or IPAD with wireless control that uses the SkyFi Wireless Contoller and SkyVoyager. It takes literally 10 minutes to get this up and running as when you order the bundle it comes with everything necessary to get up and running.
Also there is Astromist which a lot of Tak owners use and runs on Palm, Windows Mobile and just converted to IPhone 3GS/IPAD.
The writer of Starmap Pro (for IPhone 3GS/IPAD) is also writing a wireless Tak control into the app (not sure when that will be out).
Here are some useful links for you to research:
Wireless Control and Software for I-Phone/IPAD:
http://www.carinamobile.com/
http://www.astromist.com/
http://www.star-map.fr/
Software for Laptop:
http://www.bisque.com/sc/pages/TheSk...l-Edition.aspx
Good source of Information on the Mounts:
http://www.takahashi-europe.com/en/products.mounts.php
Local Australian Distributor/Reseller:
http://www.astronomy-electronics-centre.com.au/
Hope this helps
Cheers