I would never but a Bernette, they are Bernina's lower end machine. If you are looking for sewing and embroidery, I would stick with Bernina, I have the Bernina 770QE and it is the best machine that I have ever had! Btw, I have been doing machine embroidery since 2004, and sewing since the mid 70's on all kinda of machines. I'm now a die-hard Bernina fan!