I have had a Viking Rose for about 10 years. What a great machine! It has a very strong motor and is easy to use. I use it for everything and have had no trouble with it--until the embroidery card went dead. I have no dealers close by and didn't want to pay the freight to to factory for repairs since it would be more than the machine is now worth.
I feel like I got good use out of the embroidery module, almost 8 years. Everything else on it still works good so I am not out much.
I used a Vicant Ultimate Box to copy designs from the computer onto a Viking Card. It has two formats, HUS and PES, which I can also use on my Brother Embroidery machine.
Just to add my experience. But be careful buying older machines. Parts are hard to come by sometimes.