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Tom
I agree that with a pure manual scope you do have to spend time moving to objects, but a little practice makes that a fairly simple operation. I had a little go to scope and I know when looking for some of the brighter objects, I could beat it everytime with my dob. And I didn't have to spend time at the beginning aligning my dob!
Also you may know you are looking at the right spot, but if your budget restricts your aperture to 6" or 8", many objects will be so faint you cannot see them anyway, while the observer next to you with a 12" dob is happily viewing some really faint galaxies.
As for brands, in dobs GSO, Bintel (GSO rebadged, Skywatcher, Saxon (Skywatchers with different badge), Meade (made by GSO anyways) all do well, main differences are in the accessories and bits that come with the scope.
Of course if a go to SCT floats your boat, by all means go for it, they are great scopes, just be aware you are sacrificing aperture for the goto!
Malcolm
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