This is my second, the first was the entry level and would only do 4 x 4 field, so I upgraded to the 1250D which uses a memory stick, it had been doing ok till now, but I think that for the money, I should have paid a little more and gotten one with a larger lcd screen and more edit capability in the machine, for instance I can't use many designs on the stick because the machine can't read so many and I can only change the size by 20 percent +/- so I have to use an embroidery software program to change things on the computer, and then save to the stick. If I hadn't had a computer I would be out of luck. Of course the auto threading helps with the multiple thread changes required, but not being able to see those tension discs is the pits.! :(