I would look into the brand they're using. The Pfaff computer system is agonizingly slow. My cousin has it, and the shop that sells them demoed it for me, and I would go crazy waiting for it. I haven't tried any other systems, but I can say that I can quilt non-computer aided a lot faster, and I'm a slow LAer. Also, you'll still be advancing fabric and lining up the design and setting the X and Y points on it. It's not quite set it and forget it. It's not unusual to have to take a class to use the machines. They don't want damage to the machines or to be timing them all the time. A broken needle can throw the timing on a LA, and some of the machines are harder to time than others.