I've been a very happy Altium user now for about a year and a half. 
It has a design rules driven paradigm that's exceptionally powerful 
once you understand the thinking and the syntax. Autorouter sucks but 
is good for fairly simple, non-tight boards. Interactive router is 
brilliant, with features that will make your hair stand on end with 
delight. And there are new features planned that do even better. 
 
 Schematic and board integration is brilliant. Library control very 
good, and can be based on company databases. Also has links to Digikey 
and that is something to see, big time good stuff. 
 
 Layout tools are very powerful and can do anything, almost. Easy to 
use, many options for tweaking. So good. 
 
 Support is nothing short of excellent. Bugs get fixed very quickly. 
User forum very active, with Altium staff usually participating in 
real time (Australian East Coast time). Suggestions go into a 
suggestion bucket for future consideration. 
 
 Altium the company itself is solid. I've had a fair bit to do with 
their Head Office at various levels and I'm impressed with their 
customer driven attitudes. 
 
 I'd buy it again in a heartbeat. 
 
 Andy Kowalewski 
 AdvantagePCB 
 
 On Wed 31/03/10 8:10 AM , Jack Olson [log in to unmask] sent: 
 I'm tempted to buy a seat of Altium for home use, but in order to get 
the "amnesty" pricing I need to make a decision sooner than I 
intended. (like tomorrow!)    So, I was hoping to lean on any of you 
out there willing to voice an opinion (privately if you prefer) if 
this is a good product, as I'm reluctant to buy into a system without 
some asssurance that the company has a solid future.    Any satisfied 
customers out there willing to speak up and calm my nerves? Any horror 
stories?    It looks fairly full-featured... Any severe limitations?   
 thanks, Jack  
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