Hi,
One you that you might want to consider which gives the 740 a good run is the Casio MZ 2000. It has A LOT more features than the 740, and the MZ holds 10 user patterns at one time. Plus the MZ has a MUCH better sequencer. The 740's sequencer works completely by diskdrive. Meaning everytime you record a track/save it to disk.... The MZ has a 40,000 note sequencer which can hold up to 10 songs at a time.. If I'm correct it also has non-volitile memory meaning when yuo power down the songs will remain in memory. The MZ also has a style converter....., meaning you can use styles from other brands such as yamaha and convert them to casio format. You also have a much better speaker system. The 740 only has 6 watts and the MZ has 15 watts (big difference) They also cost the same! If you were to buy either through catalog or the web each would run you $1,099.00 Hope this helped....

Squeak