If you haven't checked, the reviews of the Brother on Amazon are pretty good:
http://www.amazon.com/Brother-PE770-...dp/B002MQI2NM/
I always read the negative reviews, as I find I get more info from them. On this particular machine, the "most helpful" negative review is actually quite good; just be sure to click on the "comments" associated with that review to get the updates provided by the reviewer and the other comments.