WOW!! I think the 105 to be a beautiful machine. Yesterday my sister, an avid quilter, invited me to a class on sewing placemats and it was a lot of fun. While waiting for the class to start, I walked around the store marveling at all the technology built into these modern machines. For a moment, I thought I was in a new car showroom with machines in the 10k to 15k list prices range and I asked sis am I seeing all right, do these machines really sell for that much. She said she has a Baby Lock (Ellisamo?) and yes they do cost that much. At this class there were 4 Bernina's and I with my vintage Spartan and sis with her 211-1. Not once did we require any technical assistance from the in house tech guy concerning operation of our machines. I guess, like Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty once said, I am a low tech guy in a high tech world! Now, would I pay that much for a machine, even though I can afford it-I think not. It all comes back to the old saying "to each his/her own". Very interesting thread! Chow for now.
Rodney
Ponchatoula, La.