I have the Orion XT10 (non intelliscope version) and I've really enjoyed it over the 5 years I've had it. I've made a few modifications, but it is quite usable out of the box. I would recommend a longer eye relief eyepiece to replace the 10mm plossl that comes with the XT10, but the 25mm that comes with it is pretty good. I enjoy the non-intelliscope version, as IMO finding stuff myself is half the fun, and forces one to learn the sky.

I use the 9.5mm version of this line of eyepieces instead of the 10mm: http://www.telescope.com/control/pro...oduct_id=E0010 and it works well for me. I have several other eypeices as well, a 17mm Vixen Lanthanum wide gets a lot of use as it works very well for deep sky objects. http://www.vixenoptics.com/acc/lvw_eyepieces.html