Thanks for the replies. Looks as though opinion is split. MPSPEEDY, I don't think all quilting is machine by a long shot! I can't imagine finishing a quilt completely without a good bit of hand sewing, but I would like to have a machine to do what it can, where it can, and when it can.
Corginole, I agree that probably most of those stitches would be wasted on me, but it does do a couple of alphabets, which I think would be handy as I do sew on cards and scrapbook layouts, too. The machine is expensive at just over 600 British pounds, but then EVERYthing over here is more expensive! They are throwing in a lot of extras, probably nearly 100 pounds worth. It's from a craft channel on TV so no way to test it, unfortunately. No sewing machine shops around here to look at either. I have a Brother PS550 now, which hasn't been used enough (according to my husband, at least) but I really, really liked the demos on this Silver machine.