Lol, my first machine was a White and I had it for 20 years. It was just a basic machine, and was really a workhorse (long before computers, I think the wheel had barely been invented). When that died I bought another White, and it was okay for about 10 years. Then I caught the quilting bug and bought the White Quilting machine w/video and it was a piece o' crap. I'll never buy another White either. They just aren't made the way they used to be. I love my 6600, and keep wondering what the big hubbub is about the Bernina's. I'm afraid to try one out, because I might like it.