no not tied to computer, it comes with a few pantographs (kinda like a stencil) and has a lazer light to follow along on them. and more are available to purchase too. it has the stitch regular on it too. if you speed up, it speeds up, if you slow down, it slows down - so you always get uniform stitches. i'm excited to get it, should be about a week or 10 days.
donna