I bought a 9" Delta at Home Depot. It works ok, I guess. I have not tried cutting 1/2" square maple with it, but used it quite a bit on clear cedar 2 x 4's, which are, of course, only 1.625" thick. The saw cut it surprisingly well, with a reasonably sharp blade. The seemingly funky thing about it is that the blade guides are round plastic rod of some sort. And yet it works pretty well, for being very basic. Kinda wish it had a better table with fence and miter gauge.
Steve