[sdiy] Very basic question to Eagle users

[Tom Arnold]

On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 02:58:37PM +0100, ChristianH wrote:
> P.S.: looking at older postings, I get the impression that Eagle is a
> bit quirky in terms of user interface, but nevertheless a usable tool,
> once you get a feeling for it.
> Or would active users have a differnet view...?

I played with several and because I was somewhat used to the interface and
the fact that Eagle runs on any OS that I could care to use it on ( I'm a
Mac person ), I wound up dropping the $1200 or whatever it was a few months
ago.

Proteus looked pretty nice and pricing was close.  One thing to consider
about Eagle is continuing your support agreement isn't horribly expensive at
all.  This was something I almost forgot to consider, then I started asking
some of the other companies how much support renewals were and my head
exploded.  Many are not cheap at all.  I can afford a large purchase like
this occasionally, but I couldnt even begin to consider spending that every
year to maintain a support contract at this time.

Oh, I'm sure others will warn you, don't waste your time on Autotrax EDA.  

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