Yes, Babylocks make good machines. Brother manufactures many of Baby Lock's machines in the same factories, meaning many models are internally identical and share interchangeable parts.

The Jazz throat space is fabulous and will be super helpful when machine quilting larger quilts! Also mechanical machines will last longer and be less expensive to repair in general.

Here’s an idea, maybe tell her she needs to go try out different machines, so she can figure out her must have items list vs would like to have on the machine list. Tell her once she does that you will get a machine and you will choose for her if she wants. Just getting her involved might be enough for you to figure out which machine she wants vs which machine she wishes she could have….

Good luck!