I have had the chance to play with this new toy for a couple of days now and put it through its paces. The optical tube appears to be identical to the old one. The focuser felt very stiff at first, but appeared to get easier with some use. An optional right angle finder is supposed to be released. The right side setting circle no longer has numbers on it because the now knurled right knob is the dec lock.
Numbers are on the left setting circle.
The RA lock is now a large flip lever in the center of the base. The RA setting circle remains the same. There are NO manual slow motion controls. You can unlock it and move it, but all other motion is now controlled by the hand controller. The nicely sized and styled hand control has 4 speeds from 5 degrees a second down to 8X sidereal rate.