I believe you will be much happier in the long run - if you think you will keep on quilting - if you find a table where the throat plate/sewing surface of your machine can fit flush with the table surface.
It is SO helpful when doing machine quilting of the "sandwich" to have the fabrics flat on the table rather than pulling "up and over" the arm of the machine! Piecing is also easier, as you can slide sections of your blocks under the needle rather than having to stop, lift them up, and rearrange them each pass through the needle. You tend not to 'lose' things like your scissors, seam ripper, awl, pins under the machine when it's recessed into the table surface, too. All good reasons to look for one like this if you can.
By the way, welcome the Quilting Board (QB) from central Virginia. You will learn a lot here, there is *never* a "dumb" question....only one you were first or brave enough to ask when someone else wanted to but didn't!
Jan in VA