It will depend on how much you plan to use your embroidery machine. My husband bought me the Brother 4000D a couple of years before I retired, as I wanted to do lots of quilting when I quit work. I retired in June and I am just now getting into trying the embroidery on my machine. I love this machine, but it was very expensive, but it certainly will fulfill my dream of sewing while I am retired. It has many quilting features plus 4 different sizes of hoops for embroidering, up to 8 x 10. I download many embroidery patterns from my computer with a USB stick and then I transfer the patterns into my machine. It is completely computerized and has many great features. I agree if you want to embroider, be sure you buy the machine that has different sizes of hoops. I embroidered four sets of dish towels with my machine for our children for Christmas. Happy Shopping!