Suggestions for good sketch/illustrator app

I'm currently looking for a lightweight app (don't mind paying for it) that is good at creating simple illustrations. The illustrations are simple shapes with dimensions, line diagrams, and basic flow charts. Before I switched to my MBP, I used AutoCAD to create these items and export them to a JPG. That's a little overkill for some of the things I want to do at home. I've tried using AutoCAD with Parallels, but the images end up being too faded out due to the size reduction to fit onto a page. Any suggestions or leads will be appreciated. Thanks.

I would recommend OmniGraffle in the strongest possible terms. Five stars and then some.
http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/
It's utility is limited to exactly the kind of stuff you mentioned in your post, though, so it's by no means a general Adobe Illustrator replacement -- more of a Microsoft Visio replacement. If you instead want fewer diagramming features and more general illustration features (with a much more basic interface), you might try EazyDraw:
http://www.eazydraw.com/

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