i had a little trouble at first getting on the website, so i went to the quilt shop and got a print out of instructions. it took me a while to figure it out but i did get online. they have embroidering designs , which you can download on your machine. i have the bernina 730e. hope this answers your questions. thank you for your reply.

It sounds like they are going to be coming up with something new and improved. I have never used the portal.....what is is like?

thank you for your reply. i got that email, but there was no explanation as to why they are shutting it down.

This is what I found on Bernina's website:

"The myartista portal will be shut down as of 6/1/2008
With the upcoming changes to the BERNINA USA website, the my artista Portal will no longer be available after June 1st 2008. To give our loyal Portal users extra time, designs that would have been posted in May are now on the Portal site for download along with the usual April designs."

http://www.berninausa.com/home.jsp

does anyone know why the artista portal will no longer be available.