If you like to design your own quilts, or just want to put another quilt design in to be able to enlarge it to a larger size, you can't beat EQ7. EQ6 would work for most quilters, but the hardcore designers need EQ7.
In other areas, such as embroidery digitizing, with the exception of Embird, $160 is jsut a down payment.
If you just want to try it out to see if you like it, and have someone to teach you the basics, EQ6 is great.
Lanny