Juki is also coming out with a 18" sit down machine this spring. The stand up machine is awesome and much cheaper than other framed systems so I'm sure their sit down will also be as nice. I have a sit down Lizzie which I do like but had that Juki been out when I purchased my machine, I probably would have jumped at it... I love my Juki 2000 so I'm sure that sit down would have found a nice home here...