Schematic and PCB Layout Software Suggestions?

[lester]

I run a MAC, i love it. BUT the best PCB design tools and routers seems to be Windows based, as do a few 9 growing smaller) number of other applications...PBP3 :-)

So for those Windows based applications that i cannot live without, i run Parallels Desktop and with the Windows applications in coherence mode, they sit on my Dock just like any other Mac app, I run Windows apps on my Mac and have the best of both worlds.

You might want to look at Design Spark its Free http://www.designspark.com/knowledge/pcb

[bodgetts]

I have been using DipTrace, it is for Windows and is free to use for moderately-sized boards:

http://www.diptrace.com