Thank you for your thoughts. I think my D1 is old enough that any machine I get is going to be new....Yiks....the D1 has a floppy drive....Hus is a really old viking format. Most of the CD discs I have of embroidery designs are multi format so hopefully I can still use most of them. I don't plan on doing a lot of embroidery...but I am getting up there in age. and who knows...maybe I will find it more enjoyable and easier to manage if I go into assisted living.