trust me on the nespresso professional machines ..

i am a trained engineer for them and rate them very very highly .. not because i have had links to em (and no i don't get commission )
its the overall quality of the finished product and the ease of use for cleaning that really impressed me .. and yes i do own one made in switzerland so the build is very good too ..

the crema on the espresso is superb think there are a few variations of coffee available but to be honst they are the best coffe i have tasted from a pod machine ..

the lavazza machines are a bloody nightmare to repair had many of them in bits due to scale or burnt out elements ..

but i would say deffo try the free demo of the machine before you make your mind up ...

the only downside to these little home machines is that they are not good for the longer coffee drinks that we have been made to consume by starbucks and costa etc etc with their small buckets ... they are designed primarily as a quality coffee maker not quantity (as in size) if you want a 20 oz coffee get a kettle and some nescafe
a standard cappucino size 7oz is easy enough to make from any small machine the one i have backed comes with a little milk gizmo that you can adjust from latte to cappucino .. but to make a mug size you would really need 2 shots of coffee then add the milk to the top ..
a longer coffee can be created by using the hot water facility it has and topping it up with that from the espressso base...

hope that helps a bit