as a few have already said there is a couple of things to watch for, I would say you will want to get at least a 5 by 7 hoop, you will out grow a 4 by 4 fast if you like embroidery at all, and if you don't get a machine that will down load directly from the computer you have to have a converter box to put the design on the machine card. Easy to do by more expense. I out grew the 5 by 7 and went bigger, I love the embroidery machines!