I never had a food processor before, but this food processor does all my chopping, slicing, and shredding so well and so fast.  You can prepare vegetables for a meal in no time at all.  This food processor keeps the knife cuts from trying to dice vegetables to none.  The shredder blade shreds block cheese very fast, which tastes so much fresher than the store bag of shredded cheese.  The slicer blade  slices vegetables quickly and very uniform.  The in-bowl scraper is great as you don't have to stop and open the bowl to scrap down the sides.  This machine is great and every cook needs one. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]