[Richard Kimball]

Right now, according to the Autocad web site, there's nothing for the Mac except a program called Sketchbook Pro. The original Autocad is available for 2000/XP/Vista, but the architectural, MEP and Mechanical versions support W2K or XP only.

Whether she needs Office or not depends on her. You can get the educational version of Office for Mac or PC for about $150, and it includes multiple installations.

The price on Autocad is pretty impressive. Four grand for the full version or $160 for a student version that expires in fourteen months.

[Swordmaker]

Right now, according to the Autocad web site, there's nothing for the Mac except a program called Sketchbook Pro.

While AutoCAD is probably the best CAD program out there for generalized purposes, perhaps the AutoCAD people are a bit biased in what they have to say on their web site about competitor's products on a competing platform? ;^)>

Check Reply #71 for a far from comprehensive list of CAD programs for the Mac.