Hello, I'm asking this for a friend:

I’m looking for a new table saw and I'm between the DeWalt DW745 and Skil 3410-02. I like everything about the DeWalt other than the fact that it can’t use a Dado set. The Skil has that trump card. Otherwise though, the DeWalt appears to be better designed, have more consistent quality, and have a much better fence.

I’m a beginner but the ability to run a Dado for joinery purposes seems important. Do you think the Skil would actually have enough power to do this effectively? What would you choose? Is it preferable to just get the DeWalt and simply use a router table where I would have used the Dado stack?

Thanks!