I have the Janome 350E and I have to agree that it is very user friendly, has 3 built in fonts. I did buy an external hard drive to use to read my cd's when I use them. I also have a flash drive but wanted to be able to use items that I bought in cd form. I love it, have done many, many dishtowels, table runners, quilt labels, and quilt blocks. it was money well invested. It has a thread cutter and low bobbin warning beep that will also tell you on the screen