I RE-started five years ago with the Scott Aspect 940. 29er, It had wonderful wet brakes(hydro),
and the awful suntour xc or scr fork that is better suited to keeping a screen door from slamming.
Rode mine for a year, crashed many times. Upgraded the fork. (Suntour Raidon program)
So glad I got the hydraulic brakes,
Made the bike a 1x and clipped in. Scott puts a lot into the frames, It was a great frame.
Limited only by the fork and wheels. (Good wheels are everything).

The 940 is a good starter for $600. and will get you out there and onto green and blue trails, (Easy and Intermediate)
But unless you already have some skills I'd suggest you not get Into any black diamond trails with that bike, mainly because of the wheels.
After all my upgrades I was in the bike for $950..
Thing is If I would have started on a $950 hard Tail I would have gotten far more bike with better parts all over, Including wheels..
Then adding another $350 in carefully chosen upgrades would have given me a really nice hard tail.
On my third bike, the second was a full suspension and now current Is a hard tail again.
In this third one for $2400, included in that number Is $700 in carefully chosen upgrades..
But for a first bike the aspect is one of the best.
When the bike shop tries to upsell you to the next level listen carefully to him before you decide....
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Also consider this:
If your a total newb your gonna crash alot.
It's far better to send a $600 bike tomahawking down a drop in than a really nice $1,000 bike��