I've told my wife that I wanted a chainsaw for some time now. Thing is, we live in an apartment, without a fireplace. I just want the ability to cut things. My wife fears that the things I would cut would be various body parts--of mine. Legs, especially.
I'll try to get one of the battery-operated ones this winter. If we get a house like we've been trying to do around here (there are bargains to be had here), I'll probably get a decent gas-operated chainsaw, because all of the houses we're looking at have fireplaces. That's a "must-have" for me.