I went through the whole PCB/Schematic selection a couple of years back, 
and ended up with DipTrace (http://www.diptrace.com).  Easy to use, and 
relatively inexpensive. 

I'm not sure what your design size is, but there are several versions 
starting at free (250 pins, non-commercial use)

They just released a new shape-based autorouter which has me re-thinking 
my desire to manually route a lot of my boards.

Giles Honeycutt wrote:
> I currently own a copy of PADs 3.6 that has PowerPCB and PowerLogic
> It is very outdated.  It will cost me over 800.00 to get back on 
> maintenance and that offer expires at the end of the month.
> Any recommendation for PCB layout tools?
> I would like to keep my cost down and keep future costs down.  I 
> probably do 3-6 PCBs a year.
> Any advise from people who have used professional packages and gone to 
> the low cost route would be very appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
> Giles Honeycutt
>   

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