The one in the OP looks good. You can read a lot of info and reviews at
www.coffeegeek.com. Be sure to drive one that's pump-driven (like in the OP) and not steam-driven (like lxskllr posted). With a steam-driven machine, you're just making really strong coffee and not espresso. You might as well save money and use your drip pot with lots of finely ground coffee.
Also, be sure to pair it up with a good conical burr grinder like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Saeco-GT-1-Tit.../dp/B000V64IRO. I have an older model of that, and it's been great for several years. If you use a blade grinder (or even worse, getting your beans pre-ground) with a nice espresso machine, you're doing yourself a disservice. You don't have to buy it right away, but when you do buy one, pick out a good one. I spent more on my grinder than on my espresso machine, but part of that is because I got my espresso machine on ebay and the other part is that I do a lot of french-press coffee and needed a good grinder for that.
Also, don't let one person's problems with one Saeco espresso machine shy you away from the entire brand. That one product might not be good, or she might've just gotten a lemon. I'm sure there's one person out there for every single product in existence that could come on here and post that they had all sorts of problems with it, so stay away from them. That's not a good thing to base decisions on. You should look to professional reviews and many personal examples to get a good feel for a product.
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