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Let me start by saying, I never ever write a review, and I buy from amazon almost daily. This is my third Cameo, I had the 1 & 2 before this one. I also have the Brother Scan & Cut 2, and the Cricut Explore; so I know a little bit of electronic cutting machines. From the three brands silhouette is the one that alouds you, and give you the power to be more creative, therefore the learning curve is a little bit more steeper. You need to know about this before you decide to purchase this machine. You will need to dedicate some time to learn how to use it, and how to use the software. That means hours on Youtube, hours on silhouette blogs (Silhouette School), hours on Facebook silhouette groups. If you have the time and you are willing to do this, you will open a pandora box in your life, is like magic. There are few tips I going to tell you before you push the buy it now button. First if you are going to use it on paper crafting you need a hight quality card stock, a cheap card stock won't work in any of the machines, and cheap I don't necessary mean on the price, I mean the quality. Card stocks books from Hobby Lobby and Michaels always work for me. Another important tip, I would share with you is the blade, silhouette black ratchet blade is the worst blade on the market, horrible, specially for paper. The automatic blade is better, but more expensive, the deep blade the same. I would suggest you to buy the the CB09 bladehttps://www.amazon.com/Graphtec-Holder-Plotter-Degree-Blades/dp/B01IXRKYT8/ref=sr_1_5_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1474296797&sr=8-5&keywords=cb09+blade. It is cheaper & last so much longer than the silhouette blade, it does not have a guide like the silhouette blade, but you can use the silhouette blade as a guide for this one. You can watch some videos on youtube for how to use it. After a few times using it, you would not need a guide anymore. I decided to make a review of the machine, after noticing so many bad reviews that were made by people that are newbies, and most of them are frustrate, because they probably were not expecting a steep learning curve as I was at the beginning, it took me a month of non stoping reading and watching videos, but I also was very frustrate, before I took some of my time to really learn. Anyway this is a long review for somebody that hate writing reviews, I hope it help make your decision easier or give you some inside.