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Quite a few of us here started with a 10" non goto Dob. Big aperture and no fuss setting up. You can even catch some happy snaps of the Moon and Sun (properly filtered of course) and Planets through it, by butting the camera lens up to the eyepiece.
The fact that it's significantly cheaper than the one's that you were looking at, means you'll be able to buy yourself a Barlow lens, a collimator. Any money left over can go towards a quality eyepiece down the track. The eyepieces that come with the scope will serve you very well to start off with.
I'd advise attending an open night at your local Astro Society. There you'll see a range of scopes and have a chance to look through them and see for yourself their individual strengths and weaknesses.
Personally I'd steer clear of EQ mounts for the time being. You want to enjoy the experience at this stage, not dread the setting up and aligning process.
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