Hello Cookingrammy and welcome to Chef Talk. Your equipment question is better-placed in the Cooking and Equipment Reviews forum, so I'll move it there. We want you to get responses! By the way, I did the same research recently. Here's the thread wtih my questions and the answers I received:
http://www.cheftalk.com/forums/showt...Food+processor
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Welcome!
Mezzaluna