Nowt wrong with point'n'click
What to buy? A lot depends on what you want to do with it and what your requirements are. Different cameras lend themselves to different areas.. I know the ones for sport in daylight conditions requiering a decent zoom. But these would be little use indoors or night pics..
On the other hand cameras for portraits and darker situations wouldn't be good for other areas..
Of course you can get a camera that does most things but then your getting ito the 800 quid ++ areas.
All depends what your thinking of doing wiht it