I have Embird and love it. Well.... I love it for what I've been able to figure out so far. There are several Embird Yahoo groups that I hear are very helpful, I just haven't gone there yet. I downloaded the Embird trial and when it was up I tried Wilcom. I bought Embird but haven't purchased any of the additional plug-ins yet. I should have gotten the fonts too but I was a very green newbie at the time and wanted it all.... Machine. thread, stabilizer, material. My hubby looked at me like I'd sprouted another head. He jokingly said he thought he had divorced the Dragon Lady (1st wife) and hoped she hadn't sprung up again. Lucky for him I wasn't having a hot flash at the time. Good luck with your choice.
Mickey
I am using the trial offer aat the moment and like the way it prints out all the designs I have downloaded so I don't have to try and do it from the sites
I love the way it prints out. I can't tell you how many times I've done that for placement before emb. I'm sure it's saved a ton of projects. You can also use it to zip and unzip files, change colors, resize, split and merge designs.