I have a Bernina 550QE in layby "jail" that I need to bail out one of these days...
It will be my first Bernina (and I'm not parting with my other babies to get it, either.. lol) ...
And the two reasons I went with this machine was 1) to mess with the BSR and 2) I wanted the skinny footsies (it's only a 5.5mm wide stitch width machine). I do alot of putzy projects - and I prefer a skinnier foot - and thought the BSR might be fun for some embellishing.
I also wanted it for a take-to-retreats machine. My main machine here these days is a behemoth (Babylock Ellisimo Gold)