Originally Posted by zozee

If you are familiar with Kenmore, you'd transition easily to Janome. They have really good ones at every price point. I'd start there. I had a Kenmore mechanical (still have it) and when I was looking to upgrade to a computerized one, I felt happiest with Janome (originally made by Kenmore company). My upgrade was to a DC 1050 for $300, then to a Janome Horizon 820O.