Howie, I'm not going to say that your wrong but I will say that much depends on how/what its used on. Just saying that the saw was never made to last a life time (like 30 years). If you were to run that saw, everyday, 5 days a week, for say 6 to 8 hours a day, ripping, dados, grooves on hardwood and composite wood products………they dont last.
using it to make birdhouses ( i love making birdhouses ), simply projects, casual once in awhile kind of things then buy all means, it will surely suffice
Always, my point is this. Why spend 600, 700, 800 on a big box store table saw when one could spend half that, and own a really good "used" cabinet tablesaw (retail 2 to 3K not to mention the add ons ) that will work flawlessly long after you and I are dead.
One of my brothers bought the Ridgid despite my advice. He's in the reno business so it got a lot of use and 5 years later, he's wishing he would have saved 400 bucks, bought a used contractors TS as his Ridgid is almost dead.
After 30 years of professional woodworking, I offer my advice, not to piss people off, rather to save them a few bucks, frustration and grief as I have made the mistakes already. That said, I really dont care what folks buy as its their money, and their choice : ))