My MIL had 3, and when she died one came to my husband.
I had been sewing on a cheapy machine b/c I only knew how to sew one thing, that I took a class for (when my 9 year old was a baby, I'd make jon-jons for him.)
Now that my cheapy died, I'm on the Featherweight. It took me a while to get used to it, and I have to ask questions about it all the time (this would be the case no matter what I sewed on) - but now that I've warmed up to it, I like it a lot. I think I like that it doesn't have all the dials and computers and fancy stuff. While I'm learning, that would just confuse me, I bet, hehe.
I was scared to touch it at first, since I'm so good at breaking things, but DH pushed me until I did. Thankfully.