Computer quilting isn't cheating, I work in a quilt shop and it makes it more afordable for some people, if you are having it machine quilted what differance does it make, you know what you are getting before you leave your top, and there is a lot more to it then just putting on and walking away and letting it do it on it's on, it never happens like that, we have both a regular longarm & a computer one and I love the computer one, but then I can't & didn't like to hand quilt, but I LOVE to piece tops, this way they they get finished.