The Brother is a nice embroidery machine - it's like the 760 or something like that. It is embroidery only, has the 5x7 and stitches out nicely.
You can get a low end machine with the 4x4 hoop but it's almost a why bother unless the only thing you ever plan on doing is monogramming which is totally lost on me. I don't monogram anything lol.
I have a Brother 4500d which I do love - and it needs to get a work out maybe this weekend. I am overdue on making myself some new tshirts - and some for the boys. I just got a few new embroidery designs from emblibrary and they are just waiting for the boys. I'm thinking of sending them in to school on Monday (first day of school for us!) with new tshirts...