Compressing file without loosing size or quality

Illustrator CS3 - AI 13.0 - need to compress a file or it's components to under 500K from a current 2.53 MB size and maintain full page viewing capabilities and quality. Will be placed on a real estate web site for broker/realtor viewing. Using a Dell PC, operating with Windows Vista.

Ask a few more times, why don't you?
The size of your Illustrator file is irrelevant to the size of the file you need to supply. EIther save your art using File > Save for Web (for a JPEG) or use File > Save a Copy (for PDF) and try different compression/resolution combinations until the size is under 500 KB and the quality is acceptable. For PDF also turn of Preserve Illustrator Editing Capability.
It is odd that a website would ask for either a PDF or JPEG. the two formats serve different functions and are viewed differently on a website. JPEG images appear in-line with text within the layout of a web page. PDF files are either downloaded and viewed in a separate program or viewed in their own window entirely apart from the HTML of the website. The formats are not interchangeable, so you are probably misunderstanding the requirements.

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