I love my Janomes. At first, I wasn't at all interested in embroidery so purchased the 6600. It MC6600 is a workhorse machine and a superfast stitcher when you put the pedal to the metal. The only drawback is that it does not have a free arm. Became curious; learned more about embroidery and now also have a MC11000SE which does it all, including embroidery. Would definitely buy from a dealer. They can help with any problems and will sometimes throw in this or that to keep a customer happy and one who will return to buy other things.