I've got some experience with the Accubend but it is the series before the Ace. It's an Accubend "Lite" I believe. Hopefully computerized cutters has snapped into the modern day and updated, but I was surprised to find out that the OS on the pc that came with the machine is windows xp and it still uses some rather outdated software that is clunky and glitchy. Basic Enroute is part of the package and that has "moments of handy" in it. Nevertheless, when jobs are going smooth, that thing is an absolute time saving money maker.