I've not personally checked out either of the machines you mentioned.
However I was very happy with the basic "cheapie" Brother that I had for several years before passing it on to a friend who did not have a machine. I had started using my Featherweight almost exclusively by then. And I got my DD essentially the same machine for Christmas last year. I know she has no use for the bells and whistles of a more expensive machine.
What features of the more expensive machine are important to you? Will you actually use them often enough to justify the expense?
I was considering buying a very fancy embroidery machine, but decided that even though all those special features were really, really nice, I wasn't likely to use it enough for it to be worth it for me.