I have to admit that having two machines is nicer than one that does it all. In the end, it is a timesaver. You can be sewing while the embroidery machine is making your label. I have the Janome 6600 and 350E. There was a post somewhere where someone had a Brother 350 and she wanted to get more patterns to do than what her machine had built in to it. I would really push a machine that has a USB port. Makes importing designs easier. Just my opinion.