I have had my Horizon for just over a year and LOVE it. I moved up from a Janome 6260QC, so it was a big leap to a computerized machine - so I thought. The Janome people have made this machine so user friendly that it's easy. There's a DVD for learning the basics, and their owners manual is very easy to find things. At first I saved the Horizon "just for quilting" and kept piecing on my old machine, but it didn't take long to miss the bells and whistles on the Horizon when I didn't have them. For instance - now I get so frustrated if I'm using a machine without a thread cutter! I guess I'm spoiled.