I'd like to add (in the defense of Maks) that due to their inherent higher contrast they perform better than they "should" – aperture-wise. For example, I have yet to see something in an 8" Dob that I couldn't see in a 6" Mak. And whatever it is you're looking at, it looks better in the 6" Mak than in the 8" Dob (less washed out and contrastier). The flip side is that the Mak is about 4 times as expensive as the Dob (considering the two particular scopes I've used, anyway).
Comparing an 8" or 10" Dob with a 90mm Mak is silly, of course.
Cheers
Steffen.
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