Mill&Drill or Pedestal? More questions

Right,

Hands clammy, body trembling, thirsty, numb-tongue, lack of logical
reasoning, babbling, incoherence, excessive sweating, inreased pulse,
flushing of face: This could only mean one thing has happened to me: I
have prepurchase consumer anxiety. :)

So, I wanted to get a mill/drill, then did some more looking and found
this great UK website.
They have the mill drill I want:
http://www.chesteruk.net/Eagle%2025%20Mill%20Specification.htm

But, for a bit more, they have a full pedestal mill with
tilting/swivelling head.
http://www.chesteruk.net/626turretmill.htm


The problem with the mill-drill head, as many people have mentioned is
that it has a round column. Am I correct in assuming that the fine-feed
also makes use of the rack and pinion, just like the quill lever does?
Is this anywhat accurate, or will this be a terribly wibbly-wobbly waste
of time and money? Or do they sometimes use a separate leadscrew for the
find-feed that's easily CNCable?

The turret mill looks fantastic! Of course, it's very expensive. Still,
it's the cheapest mill of this type I've seen new and it looks very good
value (Yes, yes, I know the Ebay argument, but I just finished restoring
a lathe I got of it at a bargain price, to find that the whole thing has
lots of play/backlash and wobble.. The last thing I want to do it to end
up with another 1/2 ton of worn metal)

The head tilt and swivel on the turret mill look fantastic! There's
certainly a lot of uses I can think of for this. Even if the price is a
little high. Now I know from my Sherline that starting small ends up
costing you just about as much money as does going with the fullblown
kit, so my decision is leaning heavily towards the turret mill. This is
why I'm posting: Can you guys give me inspiration, or common sense? Just
HOW bad is the mill/drill really? I'm not making engine-parts, but I
really just want a bigger workspace than my sherline has... Give me your
2c, or that last bit of inspiration I need to tip the scales and order
that turret mill right now! :)

And just because you'd need to know, this is what I use my Sherline for:
.Making jewelry
.Making jewelry molds (mild steel)
.Cutting thin metal strips (ie 2D machining), also for jewelry
.Engraving

I imagine I'd so some more, bold, heavier projects. But so far the small
size of my Sherline has limited my imagination. :/ (It'a a great mill,
however.. Just TOO small)

~Abby