BuddyC

I have a Silhouette Cameo 2 that I am just now getting around to even getting my feet wet with. I go to estate sales all the time(not recently of course because there basically are none) and I also acquired an original Cricut Explore and original Cricut(CRV001). I am thinking about giving one to a friend of mine. The original Explore can work with the newest Cricut Design Space online software and can also use old cartridges, correct? Is the Silhouette Cameo 2 software better/easier to work with than Design Space when it comes to importing and manipulating random images(not copyrighted of course) that I might find on the internet and also making my own from-scratch designs/images? I would also like to know what can still be done with the original Cricut. I know it uses cartridges and Craft Room is no longer around, but is there any way to still use some sort of software with it in order to make my own custom designs and cut out images that I create? Or is that machine strictly bound to only using fonts and images off cartridges with no way around it?

Hello to everybody, it's good to be here. I look forward to gaining knowledge with my machines(Silhouette 2 and Cricut Explore)