Just to let you know it is not a serger machine, it has a serger attatchment that cuts the fabric while you sew, like a serger does. You can buy these attatchments at various places for machines, in case that was a deciding factor in buying this machine.
This machine looks very similar to the Singer Futura models.
Can you go to a store and try one of these out before purchasing? I have 2 Singers and the Futura is a pill to thread... through the tension discs and getting the thread through the eye in the bar in the front.