Ken, see the above 2 pictures: The top picture is shirox's scope and mount: Its the Starblast Optical Tube Assembly (the telescope itself) sitting on a tripod and mount head. This particular mount head is known as an equatorial mount: If you point it at the celestial pole, that is, the point in the sky which all stars rotate around (in Singapore almost due north and for visual, non-photography purposes, can be a rough estimation), then the head will rotate to follow the stars movement in the sky, i.e. you only need to tweak 1 knob to keep the object in your view (it will move of coruse, due to Earth's rotation). Shirox's EQ does not (I think) come with any features like motors to automatically match the star's movements or a computer that will go to your desired object)
The bottom photo is the stock Orion Starblast, which as you can see comes with a base. This base can be moved in the left-right/up-down directions. It has no tripod legs and is meant to be used on a table or floor surface, but given a firm, flat surface will be very stable.
Naturally Shirox's cost more because his mount was bought seperately.
Ken, suggest you join some obs sessions and see the stuff before making any decisions
Its a lot of money to pay if its not to your liking...
I wont want that high of a mag that where by I see a star as a sun :x I know its impossible anyway haha
den can teach me haha