TWICE the price of solid-works or Autycad
I don't think so.... Don ----- Original Message ----- From: Bagotronix Tech Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Protel EDA Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 1:45 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Using 3D > > Protel > > *is* worth its current retail price of $7995, in my view. It is more than > > hobbyists can afford, but anyone who is seriously involved with design, > who > > is trying to make a living with it, is advised to realize that the > > productivity features make it worth the price. > > $5K tops, dude. IMO. > > Why pay ever more for mostly re-used code? Oh, I believe we discussed this > before ;-) > > Best regards, > Ivan Baggett > Bagotronix Inc. > website: www.bagotronix.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Abd ul-Rahman Lomax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 8:43 PM > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Using 3D > > > > At 02:23 PM 11/15/01 -0500, Paul Hutchinson wrote: > > > >They boast about this feature in the full pages ads in EE Times as well > as > > >on the web site. The advertising of this feature almost got me to > upgrade. > > >Fortunately I've learned to never trust anything Protel/Altium says and, > the > > >talk on this forum about the uselessness of the 3D viewer confirmed my > > >suspicion that it was just marketing fluff. > > > > *However*, if Mr. Hutchinson will watch this list, he may note that those > > of us who have upgraded to 99SE are quite happy that we did. We are > > realistically aware that someone with a bad attitude toward honesty and > > full disclosure appears to have some authority with Protel marketing, but > > we do not toss out the baby with the bathwater. Protel 99SE is truly an > > advance over earlier versions, and those who adopted it early have done > well. > > > > Given what we are quite sure is coming, $1995 for upgrade from Protel 98 > is > > a bargain and $3995 for upgrade from earlier versions is not bad. Protel > > *is* worth its current retail price of $7995, in my view. It is more than > > hobbyists can afford, but anyone who is seriously involved with design, > who > > is trying to make a living with it, is advised to realize that the > > productivity features make it worth the price. > > > > We are concerned about the ATS program because it appears to represent a > > very significant increased maintenance cost, but this is a long-term > > concern. The immediate costs are likely to be reasonable, i.e., the P99SE > > to P2002 upgrade which will include a year's ATS. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Abdulrahman Lomax > > Easthampton, Massachusetts USA > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
