I love my 20-year-old Bernina 1230 but as the saying goes, "they don't make them like that anymore." The new Berninas have way more features than I want or need in a sewing machine, not to mention the cost. Back in the day it was a stretch for me to pay what I did for the 1230. If Bernina had a simpler machine made in Switzerland I might consider it, but now their only machines made in Switzerland are the priciest ones.