On Sat, 6 Mar 2021 15:12:12 -0800 (PST), Bob D
wrote:

On Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 3:33:57 PM UTC-6, Leon wrote:
I agree with you on Powermatic. Since Jet and Powermatic combine/share
a lot of their machines, not all, these days color is about the only
difference, besides cost.

There are differences in the details. An 8" 2 HP Jet Jointer and 8" 2 HP powermatic jointer appear to be identical except for the paint. Both are helical head machines. But when you dive into the details, the Jet has 36 cutter blades and the powermatic has 54 blades.

The Laguna was 54 cutters too, for the same price as the Jet.
Obviously I don't know what the new ones look like.