Are you trying to decide on purchasing? If so, have you tried other longarms so you can compare machines? In that price range, I personally would prefer some other possibilities over the Janome. If that is the only machine you have looked at so far, I would encourage you to attend some quilt shows and try out other brands before making a decision. One of my reservations about it is that Janome has not been in the longarm business as long as some other more tried-and-true longarm companies.