My advice would be to not spend that much on a machine and save the money for fabric which gets very expensive. There are many used machines on sites such as craigs list, or perfectly good new machines at walmart. I still sew on an old kenmore I bought 30 years ago and at that time it was one of the least expensive sears had. Of course if you don't have to watch your money the fancy machines would be awesome to have but certainly not necessary .