My Bernina that do my quilts on is 21 years old. I did have to have the tension mechanism replaced, but I expect to keep it as long as they are able to repair it. However, with my Bernina machine that I do embroidery with has the problem that the box that I use to transfer designs to the embroidery card is no longer supported by the company that makes it. So when I got a new computer, the box would not work with it. So I had to keep my old computer so that I could write on the card that goes to my machine. Suspect that they stop supporting products to force you to buy new stuff. I call it vulture capitalism. I understand that there is a box out there that will work with my new computer, but I'm just annoyed that I have to buy something new!