My answer is yes, you deserve a new machine and they certainly offer sewing options the older machines do, but don't expect to use your new machine for 20-30 years like the older models. Personally, I think the sewing/embroidery machines are fun (I have one) but I would never again buy a combo machine. Technology outdates the embroidery portion very quickly (5-10 years) and you end up with an "old" machine. I also think that trying to engineer these machines to "perform so much fun things" causes equipment repair problems. I don't have anything really bad to say but any of them but embroidery became boring to me after a while and I don't ever sew on my combo machine. I end up going back to my old 1230 Bernina for that. I think trying to make the new machines "do everything" brings the cost of the machines to an unreasonable amount. If I every decide to get into embroidery again, I will probably buy a cheaper unit that just embroiders.....my embroidery machine uses floppys and my new computer doesn't even have a floppy port so downloading for my old embroidery machine impossible. Just food for thought....