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[3] http://forums.threadsmagazine.com/gatherings/equipment-and-supplies/top-loading-vs-front-loading-bobbin
Most machines with top loading bobbins use plastic bobbins... while many of the machines that use front loading bobbins have the option of using metal bobbins. The metal bobbins hold more thread, which if useful if you are doing home-dec, quilting or free-motion embroidery where it is a pain to stop and reload another bobbin. ALSO... you do not have to remove what you are working on to reload a new bobbin--- but it is easier to load in a top loading bobbin (convenience).
Another observation... machines that sew faster usually have front loading bobbins. This includes the Brother PQ-1500... and my older mechanical Pfaff sews much faster with its front loading bobbin than my new computerized Brother PC-2800.