i get the EQ e-newsletter (I have EQ5) and there are always free fabrics (from the top companies) to download and save in your library...also with EQ6, Connection Threads has made all of their fabrics available for download to save in your fabric library...it is really cool!
I use EQ5 to plan out the borders I am doing for the Round Robin plus I have made a few of my own quilts on it. My gf and I designed her first quilt on it and she was able to figure out yardages and all that from the program.
I would love to one day upgrade to EQ6 but maybe I'll wait for the EQ7??