I have quite a few machines and have fostered many others before moving them on to the next person. I do love mechanical machines and actually feel happiest with those EXCEPT i miss needle up/down and then i tend to also miss variable needle position, after which i start to miss the auto thread-cutter tho i can do without it, its still reeeally nice to have! the first two are things i happily do without initially for the other pleasures but in the end, that's what drives me back to the computerized models. They do lack that sweet sound, perfect stitch and most often the power, too. I try to use all my machines and am happy to re-visit each one of them its a bit like musical chairs and that's what makes ME happy. lol