Second, this is one of those subjects where everyone is going to have preference/opinion of their own. I suppose it's a matter of what reason folks bring forth that resonate with you. Key here is that no one is in your shoes to make the choice so their perspective (like mine) will be skewed to their tastes.
Me, I've recently gone towards amp modeling and monitors. I'm dabbling in home recording and this meets my needs better at this point. But that's my circumstances
...but that's the point. Even though you are only doing it for the fun of it, what is your goal. Do you think you may want to mess with some home recording? If so, thinking forward, getting a monitor set up and the ability via an interface to connect to your computer might be the way to go.
If you aren't planning so much of the recording thing, you really can't beat the sound of a good tone with a nice guitar coming out of an amp/cabinet. Something about the way an amp pushes air makes a guitar sound sooo good.
It's not much advice but maybe pops a question in to your thoughts as to your goal and what might best suit that.