I used to sew before I got involved in painting and computers. My suggestion is that she go for a lesser model ($500-$800) to see if she "really does" want to take it up again. Then she could sell it and go for the other model. My sister sews a lot, and she spent less than $500 for hers. It would be sad to spend that much and then find out she couldn't get full use of it. Maybe even an estate sale, or used higher end model would work out. Vicki > > On Dec 13, 2005, at 3:28 PM, Jim Robertson wrote: >> 2. We didn't get far enough into the demo of the sewing machine to >> discuss >> what can be done with an attached personal computer, but the software >> apparently is Windows-only, the Husqvarna company ships the >> software on 3.5 >> inch floppies, AND uses a hardware dongle for license verification. >> Does >> anyone know whether this is beyond the ken of Virtual PC and a USB >> floppy >> drive? > > I know that some USB hardware dongles will work with VPC, but you'd > be better off contacting the manufacturer first before making that > kind of investment... > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1160 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20051213/084e9e21/attachment.bin