Many thanks for the great replies I recently received on this forum. Special thanks to Per who was kind enough to answer several questions via email.
Finally, I decided to purchase a SCMS and opted for the Makita LS 1013. I haven't used it much yet but I'm certainly impressed of the smoothness of the cuts I made. And I can also state that the SCMS is definitely the messiest power tool I own.
Regards,
Christian
PICS:
Two pics show the SCMS, the third one some more stuff I bought.