Creekers,
My VLS 4.60 50W arrived last week -- hurrah! Since I'm a Mac user I put off buying Illustrator for the PC since it was $700 I wasn't keen on spending (I already own it for the Mac). If you similarly like to design on the Mac, here is a tip to save $$:
1. Save the file from Illustrator on the Mac as a PDF
2. In the Windows virtual machine, open the PDF in Acrobat Reader
3. Print to the laser
So far it works like a charm. I've only tried vector cutting & scoring since that's my primary use.
Thanks for all of your help and informative posts.