I got my Raspberry colored mixer for Christmas and I love it. It has excellent attachments and is an overall great product. People think I'm nuts mixing up a cake mix in the stand mixer, but it is no different my hand. No matter what you must wash a bowl and a spoon!!
I have been using my mom's KitchenAid mixer for forever and when I finally got one for Christmas I couldn't wait to use it. The Artisan has lots of power for making big batches of cookies, and has worked smoothly and just as I expected it to. I got it in the Majestic Yellow which is perfect for my kitchen, and I am glad that I have the Artisan since I didn't think I needed the Professional. I love that there are so many color choices, now I just have to start collecting all the different attachments!
I have though about buying one of these mixers for many years, but never made the investment until recently. I can't believe how much use it's gotten. It's a hundred kitchen appliances in one!