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I should probably mention that my opinion stems from the fact that I usually run saws some 1500 hours a year. I doubt any of the old saw loving arbos here do even half of that.

It is not. We use the 661 for large felling job and the 462 for smaller stuff. 661 has quite a bit more grunt. 500i is closer to the 661.

I've been a professional logger for over 40 years. I fall to scale, so if I don't put a certain amount of trees on the ground every day, I go hungry. So I see nothing cynical about always getting the newest and best tools for my trade. Tom Kristensen didn't win Le Mans 9 times by driving a Ford...

I simply don't get the veneration for old saws. They vibrate a lot and the lack of pre-filtration means the air filter clogs up fast. I'd never consider repairing something like that, I make better money felling trees than fiddling with saws.