When I bought my Janome MC 6600P I wanted a basic good quilting machine. My research said it was the MC6600. It was on sale and came with the Janome set in table. When I got it home I set it up and looked at the manual then decided to wait until I had my first lesson. Up until this time I had only used older Singers and a Europro. I was so sure I had made a mistake getting one with so many stitches. And when I was at the dealer the lady helping me understood my concern so didn't try to talk me into a more detailed machine. In fact, she said if I kept the box I had 6 months to trade up at the full value. I dithered about my large purchase until after my first 2 classes and started to feel comfortable with the machine. Luckily I do love my machine - in CA you do have 3 days for a cooling off period - so I did think about returning it, but glad I did not.