I have the Powermatic 66 and overall been happy with it. The blade guard/fence is a POS, but I think most of the standard ones (with the exception of Felder) are. The PM2000 looks very nice and I believe includes a riving knife, but as SteveD has said, these boys get pretty expensive. My suggestion regardless of brand is get as much horsepower as you can afford, the longest rip fence you can afford, and go from there.