Serger?? White 1600 vs Simplicity Frontier

[CathToria]

This White is on sale for $210 at JoAnn's this weekend.
http://www.joann.com/catalog.jhtml?C...1&st=11#review

And this is $200 at Costco:
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11006666&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&mc =103&Mo=1&msr=&No=0&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ns=P_Price |1||P_SignDesc1&Sp=C&topnav=&N=4012437

Anyone love of hate either of these machines??? Or should I up my budget and get something better????

TIA

[sweetfeet]

I had a white 1600. It was awful. We never got along and went to a class even and I still hated it after. So I bought a janome 634d. I absolutely love it and it gets good reviews from what I've read here and a few other sewing forums.