Re: PCB cad software review

From: Henk Boonsma (hboonsma_at_teranet.news)
Date: 10/22/04 

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:42:37 +0200

"GrantM." <grant@solarbotics.com> wrote in message
news:f30e7a62.0410140810.17116fc1@posting.google.com...
> I know various iteration of this question have been asked before but
> it's still a good thread to follow.
>
> I personally have been using Protel for a few years and have been
> quite happy with it. As much as I have read about it's instability
> it's a rare day that it crashes and usually thats due to other factors
> (running *way* to many programs on the same computer) and thats on
> four different systems over four years. I found it to be a quick,
> intuitive program that has tons of power under it's relativly simple
> interface. The only problem is the price... $7995 USD.
>

Protel sucks. If you spent that kind of money on a program, you're not
likely to toss it in the Recycle Bin, no matter how bad it is. I guess that
Protel is decent, but so are many other packages, such as Eagle (which I
use). I guess that Protel users are simply fooling themselves into thinking
that something that expensive MUST be good. Well it ain't. There are plenty
of good low-cost and even free CAE programs out there.