Here's my further take: the model you showed has an electronic navigation system, but it looks to me to be a little more than a pointer. Granted, it probably has a big database of objects, but my opinion was always that finding the objects was half the fun.
To me, the only point of having a motor-driven base is for time-exposure photography of objects. Since a motor that can do that is $$$$, I would say forget the whole electronic nav system and spend that money on getting another 2" of scope. It will make a pretty big difference. I used a 12" Dobsonian back in the day, it was killer.
I'm sure you've checked into amateur forums.....there have to be some good ones out there.
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