I recommend looking at the babylock crescendo/brother dreamweaver, the Janome 9400, the juki qvc2000. I honestly would choose these over the bernina. I spent an entire day each on the bernina 560QE and the 765QE and I honestly felt they were overpriced for the features. I also felt they were not the easiest to use. I much prefer my dreamweaver. I have been amazed at the Janome 9400. I think there are new Pfaff also coming out. The Janome 6700 is also really nice in demo if you are looking for a nice machine with more reasonable price. I recommend if you really are interested in bernina just make sure you bond with it. Everything is expensive with that brand.