Everyone here has given you plenty of great advice so I will put in my 2 cents worth. I bought a used bernina with embroidery which I have never used and the salesman talked me into. Now being wiser and with more quilting under my belt I would buy a Juki or Brother straight stitch only machine and then further down the track I would buy a machine with other features if I needed it. That way you would always have a back up machine if one or the other was in for servicing. I find that having a workhorse is essential as my bernina does not like sewing over thick seams and invariably you end up hemming jeans etc or using heavier fabric for quilting or having multiple seams to sew over. Good luck with your decision.