Jeff Walther wrote:
However, perhaps what Tim meant is that to get some of
the great deals
available, one goes to the PCB fab which provides in-house software, and
to run that software you need a reasonably up to date windows machine.
This is certainly true for PCB Express or 4PCB or whatever they're called.
IIRC, their software was just a glorified set of DRC's?
(though perhaps it was also "needed" to get a detailed
production quote?)