I have the 630E which IMHO think is one of the best expensive toys I have ever treated myself to. I am learning every day and continue to learn on this mahine, I have had it two years now and it's my right hand. My companion also purchased the 430 for me as a companion machine as a lot of the feet, etc., are interhchangable. with the 630 you can move anything from your computer to the ubs stick for embroidery, etc. but the 430 you link the machine and the computer together in order to get the same results. Personally I am thinking of letting the 430 go and I want to look into a Pfaff or a Jenome as a second machine. But that's just my brain talking and not my heart. But the Bernia 630.. I would never part with that.