I am a Baby Lock girl. Have an Ellegante - which does both and sews like a dream - then got the Ellisimo for Christmas and am down right giddy. When I went "looking" 9 years ago for my first, I thought about a Berina - as I knew they were good machines. Well, the sales rep and I sat down to try it out and it wouldn't work, she said she had to reboot it. After doing that 3 times she said, "well it will do this, and that, and so on". I left there and went to the other sewing store in town and they are Baby Lock dealers and Janome dealers. Sat at the Ellegante, sewed, embroidered, so easy, comfortable and "classy". Fell in love, and have been on a honeymoon every since!