Dunno how I missed this - probably because I've been extremely busy of late - but Autodesk has released Autocad LT 2012...and you can get the full package license from Buy.com for $922 (today / 04-06-11). Word must be out already, because it's ranked 58th most popular item right now. However, LT does not support LISP, so you will not be able to download and install any extended functionality -- steel shapes comes to mind.
I've been using Layout3 included with Google's SketchUp8 Pro. At $495 a license and just $95 for upgrades, it makes drafting a lot more enjoyable. It gets hard to go back and forth with AutoCad to SketchUp, because SU is a lot easier and quicker to visualize and build with. True, they're not even close to being the same, but the more I work with Layout3 and SU8, the more I prefer to stay within that ecosystem to produce CAD-like drawings.
Besides, shouldn't one save up for the 16.1MP Nikon D5100, just announced yesterday and available for preorder at Amazon?
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