Like everything else Cuisinart, the newer versions of the old standards are simply not the same. The new products take shortcuts. Shorter, lighter power cords, flimsier plastic parts...I just bought $60 in replacement parts for my 1985-ish Cuisinart food processor. It would have made sense to buy a new processor altogether... EXCEPT that I know from experience that the new one would be, as my first father-in-law would have said, "Made to sell."When I had two Cuisinart coffee makers -- one conventional and one single cup -- die recently, both within a year or 14 months of their purchase, I decided Cuisinart no longer deserves my consideration.My new brand of choice, I think, will be KitchenAid.