You don't need the cutter until you can use the program !
I'm sure Jon or one of the other guys on here can sort you stuff if you need cutting done. Getting to know the program, learning it and being able to trace your designs or customers logo's is what you need to do. Don't worry about filling shapes or clever shading yet, that will come with confidence as you use the program now but every base point starts with being able to create an outline for something, that's how the cutters work.
Inkscape is free. Corel is widely used and okay, bit like inkscape. Illustrator is industry standard for design industry and the best out there, probably the one you're most likely to get training on too. The others have plenty of resources on line though. Give me a shout and I'll talk you through it, you need to be able to draw bezier curves with the pen tool, that's all you need for now.
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