When I got my Viking D1 way back it was the top-of-the-line machine and so totally spoiled me. I loved that machine and I wish they were still making them. Yep, it was computerized, yep, I did a ton of embroidery on it. Yep, it was over twenty years old. And the screen finally went blank about 2 years ago. I did everything on that machine including making draperies with pleating tape so it was going through several layers of fabric and yet it did delicate free-standing lace. It was solid machine and why they quit making it is beyond me. I know I will never do everything my new Bernina's can do but I am enjoying them very much. I really don't travel, live in a small paid for house with a decent sized yard and in northern Minnesota where the winters are long. Stitching makes winter tolerable now that I am too old to play outside in the snow.