If you want to do logo's and work out designs like flames, slime, any repeatable graphic then a cutter is the way to go. It's an arse applying masking film into stuff but you can work around it.
Loads of my mates drive theirs through Coral Draw but Inkscape is completely free and if you're on a PC you can get a plug in to drive the cutters, no expensive software and for that cheap one you found you really can't go wrong ! £65 is an absolute bargain.
You will have to learn the software though, generally the stuff it comes with isn't up to much. Proper sign packages are too expensive for what we're doing but Corel Draw is good IF you do really want to buy something. Inkscape is perfectly capable, I just didn't get along with it's interface...
You really don't need to spend that much on a cutter these days, these cut A4 size sheets ( well 200mm wide or there abouts ) absolutely fine, as I said above I spent £450 on a Roland as that's what I was advised to get 10 years ago, these weren't about then. My mate got one of these about 2 years ago, it's turned things around for him and there is no difference in cut quality to mine and his cost about a quarter of the price. Being so cheap you really can't go wrong.
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