Hi Feders,
I, like you, am a big Makita fan. The vast majority of my powertools are Makita. And I also purchased the LS1214 fairly recently off the 'Bay for £370. After cleaning the tables quickly and greasing up the rails it runs like a dream. I never really considered any other saws as I had used said model before. But one thing I have to say is that it is pretty bl**dy noisy. If this isn't an issue then I'd say the Makita is a fairly safe bet, I use mine for making furniture if that has any bearing on your decision?
Hope that's of some help.
Cheers _Dan.