So what are your thoughts everyone? I've heard tell of "apperature
fever"... so am I better off with the Orbitor 6" Newtonian? or Will I
be spending all me time trying to find things, so am I better off with
an ETX70?

I looked over the manual for the Orbitor 9000. I can't say anything about the
optics. What I can say is that the mount is very much undersized for a 6 inch
Scope. It appears to be either an EQ-1 or an EQ-2 mount, either of which is
too small. A scope on an undersized will be shaky and vibration prone, not
fun.

In my view, I would not recommend either of these scopes, the small scope point
at lots of target but you will see very few of them. The bigger scope likely
has poor optics but in any case is undermounted.

If you are unable to hook up with a club, I suggest looking at a 6 inch F8
Dobsonian. Simple, easy to use, decent optics.

Yes, you will have to aim it yourself, but when do it right, there will be
something there to see.

jon