I have some better stuff for other purposes, but a basic bought-on-sale Craftsman for a table saw. It's the skill of the operator even more than the quality of the tool; know what you're doing and you can pull awesome results out of some basic tools, like a great guitarist can blow your mind with a Kay vs some pretender giving you a headache with a strat. In other words, get something basic and practice, practice, get a feel for different woods and working with their grains. When you get good enough, you'll know it's time to get something really good. You may never feel that way. I haven't.
Which Craftsman saw? I know a lot of people frown upon the Craftsman brand today, but I've always had decent luck.