I love the Silhouette because you can also design your own images. I made some cool lovebird napkin rings for my wedding on my Silhouette. I've never used a Cricut, though.
I've heard that people enjoy their Silhouette more than the Cricut. Granted, I have a cricut, but it was before I had heard about the Silhouette. Cricut is pretty limited to their cartridges (which are expensive IMO) and their cricut studio, although it isn't the best and doesn't seem so user-friendly.
I haven't been around TB in forever, but I just had to answer this one. I LOVELOVELOVE my Silhouette. I've never liked that the Cricut makes you buy cartridges that are so expensive and it just doesn't DO as much at the Silhouette IMO.If you have more specific questions, you can always message me on FB if you wish.
Re: XP: Cricut vs. Silhouette