To be honest I've had it for several yrs but just now learning it. I go to my LQS once a month and we are learning how to create the Dear Jane quilt blocks and then in the afternoon we take those bitmaps that we created and turn them into embroidery designs in 5 and 6D Pro. The EQ7 part of the class is the easiest part for me and I have to work harder on the digitizing part. I've also just started doing the tutorials on line. One of the girls in my class said the since doing some of the tutorials it all makes since a lot eaiser. So as far as I'm concerned its not that expensive (5D was around 2000) so its worth the try and I'm sure if you don't like it you could sell if easy.