The Decent machines sure are nice, and they definitely are pricey -- more than my admittedly absurd traditional machine, even -- but with so much "smarts" I jus

The Decent machines sure are nice, and they definitely are pricey -- more than my admittedly absurd traditional machine, even -- but with so much "smarts" I just assume that they will eventually become a maintenance nightmare. It's kind of a sad thing, but after 30 years in software I have come away with a strong bias that is best stated as "Stop putting software in things that don't need software." I'll cop to the fact that my R58 has a touchscreen controller hanging of the side, which is somewhat inelegant, but its job is limited and thus acceptable to me. (It keeps time, and has the machine ready for me in the two windows I know I like coffee while letting it sleep the rest of the time; it's also apparently the home of the smarts for the PID.)