My mom has offered to buy a Kitchenaid mixer for my wife for a birthday
gift.

My Mom has an *old* KA standard mixer and loves it and wants to get my wife
a "classic" 250 Watt model.

I need to figure out if a the Classic is a mistake for my wife. And if so,
what is a more appropriate model.

IDAGS and learned that

1. They don't mak'm like they used to.
2. More (wattage) is better (surprise surprise)
3. There are happy people with all models

Carole likes to make bread on occaision and owns a bread machine that she
uses frequently. I don't see her using this machine for marathon bread
kneeding, but definitely once in a while.

2 questions:

A: Is a classic enough for general use and if not would bumping up to an
artisan make a difference?

B: What are the advantages/Diadvantages of the Tilt head verses bowl-lift
systems?

Thanks,

Steve