I have owned this for about 9 years now and have had no issues.  Plenty of power, fairly good balance and "feel", the base is wide enough to be stable, brake is good and depth adjustment is pretty good.  Prior to this I have owned (and still do) a Black & Decker Sawcat and Super Sawcat.  For my money and hundreds of hours on the job, the Super Sawcat was THE perfect circ saw.  GREAT balance, plenty of power and good brake- also VERY wide baseplate- and LIGHT!  Still have it and it's no longer in production as far as I know.  Lots of pros in New England were using that in the 80's.  Black & Decker sold out to DeWalt.  I run finish blades on that puppy.  I use this DW364 for framing and reno work.  It's really pretty good but just does not have the balance that the Super Sawcat has.