It will be hard to find a computerized in your price range except for brothers, most janomes run about 400, You can find a good computerized brother in your range and they are good beginner machines. I absolutely adore my SQ-9050 and I know the CS6000i is also popular and you can easily find these 2 models in your price range. the babylocks are going to also be in the 400 range as well unless you find used, you might be able to find the brother equivalents for cheaper but they will still be in the high 300's for the grace model. I have had brothers for well over 20years from the 100 to 6k range, never had problems with any of mine. I know the babylock audreys are a little over 300 so the grace is probably around 4 as it is a higher model. I haven't heard any bad things about the grace which I think is the NV-40e on the brother side