Excellent Machine
I thought of buying Singer legacy SE340/SE300, the latest model. But the price is three time then this. but the Functionality wise this once can satisfy what I wanted. Let me give some background this machine vs Latest SE300. This is machine old model, need computer to control the embroidery design. All the design, controlling, transfer you need computer (Mostly Windows XP, Windows 7 based..). I am using my old XP laptop with this machine which works out great. Read has issues with Windows 10. Not sure.
But if you take the latest model, You can just use the USB Key and control the embroidery from the machine touch screen itself. So basically it has computer inside the machine. which makes the user's life easier. Also the latest model has lot of in build stitching styles. which I don't care much.
If you know computer, you don;t need latest model and for 1/4 of the price ( Yes. I bought it for $285) you can get almost same functionalities. It came with Basic software, Auto punch, Photo stich, Hyper font softwares. This machine is solid and does the stitching also smoothly. totally satisfied.
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