I'm casting another vote for the Brother PE770. You can purchase this particular model on the internet. PM me for the link to the dealer I got mine for $640. The same place has super pricing for stabilizers and prewound bobbins plus free shipping in the US for orders over $20. I use the PE770 for lace work and get beautiful results. Yesterday I discovered that if I download the design as a DST file, the file name shows on the screen. PES is the Brother format and PES shows as a picture. Since the screen is only black and white, the pictures are sometimes useless. I've been running the machine almost daily and using a variety of unknown brand threads - not a single problem
Marilyn