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Makita isn't a better brand than DeWalt. The 'bad things' you usually hear online about DeWalt are from people who haven't used them and think they are Black and Decker drills painted yellow. You hear things like "they went downhill when B&D took them over" which is rubbish as that was back in 1960 when B&D bought DeWalt. If anything DeWalt powertools are Elu as they started making decent powertools when DeWalt bought Elu. But you can't even really say that as the company is constantly developing new tools all the time and they have come a long way since then.
As said many times in this thread, Makita, DeWalt and Bosch are all very good. They all design tools for both diy/light trade and more expensive heavy duty tools for industrial use. You're better off looking at the rest of their line of tools and basing your decision on what other tools you might want to add at a later date. Just be aware that Makita now do 2 different battery systems, so some tools might not work with the battery you get with that drill. All new Dewalt tools of the same voltage use the same sliding battery system. Not sure about Bosch.
The Makita drill you have linked to there isn't that great really. 300rpm/1300rpm drive and drill speed according to the specs, which is too slow. There are better Makita drills to choose from but I wouldn't be able to tell you the model numbers. You want 1700-2000rpm drill speed really.
EDIT: Yeah that Makita is a light duty tool according to this: http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/2439/jz1l.jpg
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. Didn't think making the decision would be so tough!
) and for the last few years it wouldn't idle & had to be revved to keep running. Then this year it wouldn't start and after a few minutes swearing trying to get the bolts holding the covers off I just gave up on it.
