Which machine do I want?

[TeniBear]

Now I'm sewing more, and wanting to learn how to make a variety of clothing and other projects, I'm considering buying a new sewing machine. I love my little Elna Mini, but the functions are rather basic and it's not suitable for much other than two or three layers of thin cotton. I'll most likely keep it for small projects, if we go away and I want to sew, or to eventually teach Amelia how to use it.

At the moment I'm tossing up between the Janome DC2101LE and the Brother GS2700. Does anyone have either of these machines, and can you tell me what they're like?

I like that the Brother has more stitch styles that I like, though I can't see myself using all of them regularly; but the Janome has a lot of different buttonhole styles, which I think I'd use. I like the fact I can drop the feed dog down (haha, I just learnt what a feed dog is last night) and freestyle on the Janome, but it's not really something I think I'd branch out into anytime soon. I love the automatic threading and one-touch buttonhole on both machines.

A machine that could read, cut, and sew from a pattern would be my perfect machine. That's what I'm having a hard time doing right now!