As a GC/cabinetmaker who is at the moment building a $15k island, I'd suggest buying a track saw instead.
For breaking down sheet goods, unless you have a gigantic sliding table TS, a track saw will be easier, more accurate, and FAR safer. The reality is that controlling a piece of 3/4 Armacore or melamine so that you get a perfectly straight cut with a table saw that you can reasonably put in a garage is nearly impossible.
A table saw is nice for dadoes and for repeated ripping, of course. I wouldn't give up my 60" Powermatic, but a track saw and smaller TS is a much better and more versatile setup.
Last, unless you're pretty experienced at cabinet building and have a TON of other tools that you haven't mentioned, it will take you FOREVER to build a whole kitchen worth of cabs. Do you have an HVLP rig and clean room to finish them? What about an edgebanding machine (for euro style), or a bunch of huge clamps (for face frames)? Etc, etc. Are you unemployed, or is your time otherwise without value?
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