GUY, i kept reading this all the way thru. and i'm glad i did. everyone was so tactful, and peachy nice, and i'mmmm sooooo gladdddd you took their sweet, kind nice advice, and going to let the wife pick out her own machine. you sure did the right thing, and you sure won't be in any dog house now, but you sure would have, if you had bought her one. FOR SURE. congrats on the decision.