Thanks for all the good wishes...I have been playing with "Fulton" and we get along well. I still have much to learn but it is user friendly and I expect lots of fun. It has a bigger hoop capacity, loads up six colors at once, cuts and goes from color to color without me touching anything. It takes memsory cards, floopies and hooks up to my computer. The new ones don't take floppies but I have tons and I wanted that. Now all Ihave to do is get organized again after moving him into the sewing room.