I don't call the rupes a revolutionary design. Just the next stage in the evolution of RO machines and I already have plans for the next two generations way beyond the mark II
though I will give credit to Marco and the guys for being a tool manufacturer who looked at our industry and said lets give them a proprietary tool, not just another sander polisher in one like a makita bo6030 or rotex
Currently I don't need the rupes tools and I'm not a complete fan of random orbital, I like how forced rotation and rotary polishers work a polish.
I agree that watts or amps alone isn't enough of a gauge.
Alot of the Chinese das machines said 880 watts or more but in my hands during testing I found them pretty gutless
Designing a tool just to make work get great aster is good but it shouldn't be the only goal of designing a machine.
It's all about finish quality - making it better with each generation. Do things we couldn't before.