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IMO Haas is a very non-rigid machine for the work envelope, and I am certainly not alone in this opinion. The iron castings on the Doosan lines are much beefier (you can verify this with machine weights although that's never the whole story). This translates to better removal rates per tool, better tool life, and better finishes. Compound that with competitive pricing from most of the Korean and Taiwan lines these days and Haas doesn't (again, my opinion) have the value as commodity machines they once did.
They are very good at marketing though, so they are all over Instagram.
My .02: if you want fast and have smaller envelope requirements, go with Brother. If you do a lot of varied workpiece sizes and materials and need the travel and heft, go with Doosan, or alternatively at least compare with other MTB's like Hyundia-Wia, Samsung, etc. If you want budget top-quality, go with Okuma Genos, the M560-V is a crazily good deal for the money.
IMTS is in Chicago this year, and there are tons of stories of deals to be had, including free probing packages (Haas does have an advantage here with the cheapest probing available due to whatever deals they have going with Renishaw), tooling packages, memory upgrades, etc.
Edit: and don't buy a machine because you like the control! Buy the machine that meets your use-case, and learn the control. When you have a shop-full of Mitsubishi or Okuma OSP controls... then it's time to worry about knowing you can move programs in between them, but a first machine should be the one that gets you the best performance for your needs. Controls are easy in the long run.
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