I would just print out the specs of each machine you are interested in, and look at them side by side than go test drive the ones that have the features you want. All machines have pros and cons and also have features that other machines don't have you just have to decide what features are most important to you. Even within the same brand you can have very different features. What features are you specifically looking for. Maybe if you post what features you are looking for we can recommend some models to test