I think I am going to buy the Bernina 440QE tomorrow! I'm really glad to hear so many positive things about it, I'm a little nervous...I've never spent that much money on a sewing machine! When I bought my old Kenmore it was $250 and we had a two year old and a baby and that was a lot of money to us. Of course, this is a lot of money too! I told my husband..."now I can hem Kelly's jeans" and he said "well, you need to hem 300 pairs"....geezzz! Next year is our 30th anniversary, I think $100 a year is good! :D