I really would prefer to use something open source ...
Giving Inkscape a shot ... we'll see how it turns out.
http://www.inkscape.org/
Three reasons to support Open Source in situations like these:
1. Bloatware. Applications that entirely too massive for what they do. Like say 2 GB or 567 MB for something that should only be 10-50 MB.
2. DRM. Make the application inefficient and inconvenient and hard to install or move to stop pirates at the expense of the legitimate user.
3. Or in this case ... we all know Photoshop gets pirated a lot. Photoshop really should be $59, instead it is $699 (companies that don't care how they spend $$$) or reasonably priced for students ($89).
You know there is some sort of market failure when the student version costs 12% of the retail price.
Buying applications like that is support their future. Some scurvy dogs would argue that pirating that kind of software is the way to go ... and putting the obvious moral grounds aside that is STILL supporting their future because it is not supporting a better future.