I have a very old Janome Memory Craft 5000.. It embroiderys and stitches perfectly. It has never missed a stitch or given me one seconds worth of problems. I also have a new Pfaff Creative Vision machine, which is a wonderful machine, but when I was in a big hurry to finish something for Christmas this year and didn't have the time to figure out the new machine, I got out my old MC5000 and got the job done! Love that old machine!