I have a Babylock Ellisimo. I was lucky enough to be able to choose any machine that I wanted. I narrowed my choices down to the Bernina 830 and the Babylock Elisimo. I did alot of research before decideing on the Ellisimo. The biggest plus is that it was so easey peasey to learn on. I had never used an embroidery machine before. It came with 5 hoops from very small to rather large. It has on board tutorials and a really large display screen. I just love it. Go to the Babylock site and check out the video.
http://www.babylock.com/embroidery/ellisimo