Welcome to the board! I'm afraid I'm another one who isn't much help but glad to have you here.
One of the things to look at when changing brands of embroidery machines is does it have the designers you want? Like I think Disney has very restrictive uses, mostly for Brother machines.
Some people are very pro-one brand, like my friend is die-hard Bernina gal all the way -- except her embroidery machine is different because of that designer issue.