God, what bellyaching! *Cheap* power tools now are better than the
*expensive* power tools of a generation ago - and anyone can easily
enough
order power tools at whatever quality level he chooses to afford. And
why
would someone want to spend a bunch more for a tool like a drill that
will
last 10 years, when in five years the newer drills will probably be
vastly
improved and he'll want one of those anyway?

Disregarding the quality aspect, what improvements have there been in
drills, saws, and sanders in the past 5 years?

Jim