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I'm a weed and I have no trouble setting up the 10" ACF, I haven't hefted a 12" but it would be a great deal heavier and more awkward I would wager.
I have used hyperstar, and it is pretty amazing, but it has limitations of course.
If the Celestron and the Meade were the same money, I'd go with the celestron to have the option of faster/hyperstar.
Avoid the fork mount, there is no point paying for the expense if you want to do photography down the road, get the OTA and an EQ mount that can cope with it.
If you buy the OTA 2nd hand, it would leave more money to spend on the mount.
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