X5

[wes70]

X5 released... who's upgrading? I am staying with X4.

 

[bob]

X5 released... who's upgrading? I am staying with X4.

You might want to reconsider that decision. Historically Corel's even number releases have been merely cosmetic tweeking and the odd numbered releases have sported actual functional additions and upgrades. If you're going to skip releases you're better off to skip the even numbered releases.

 

[Jillbeans]

I still need to upgrade to X3.
Love....Jill

 

[Shovelhead]

My boss is paying...I'm in.
I love the company credit card.

 

[signage]

Here take it for a test drive!

 

[Rick]

Gonna wait and see how it runs on XP, still waiting for a few friends to tell me how Windows 7 is working on their Macs with Fusion... THEN I have an Adobe Premium Suite Upgrade and CadTools upgrade in a few months. I may need more work...

 

[Joe Diaz]

Can't wait to own it. Going to test it out for the time being.

 

[Rodi]

How can it compare to Freehand MX? (chuckle laugh laugh!)

 

[cgsigns_jamie]

I usually get every upgrade but I might wait this one out. I've transitioned over to using Illustrator more and rarely use Corel anymore. I'll end up getting it eventually though, I hate getting the "This file was generated in a new version of Corel" message.

...still waiting for a few friends to tell me how Windows 7 is working on their Macs with Fusion... ..

Windows 7 runs great on Fusion 3.
I'm running 64bit Win7 Professional and I've allocated 8gb of memory to the virtual machine and it screams.

 

[Craig Sjoquist]

I've been waiting for this release ...I upgraded to X3 from #8 but did not buy disk ..do not do ... now my X3 is stuck on my desktop that does not work at present

since X4 was a good jump from X3 ... X5 should be great after a 2 year wait in X4

now the cash to get

 

[wes70]

Downloaded ok, but it will not run. Maybe XP is the problem?

 

[J Hill Designs]

says it works on xp with latest service updates

 

[jemmyell]

X5 requires 1 GB RAM and SSE2 support in the CPU. To check this you can download a nifty freeware utility CPU-Z:

http://www.cpuid.com/

This will give you all sorts of info about your computer. I have a system at home that is only 40 MB short of the requirements and won't run X5 at all. My laptop works fine.

-James

 

[wes70]

Hey Jemmyell, that's cool little utility...now back to the X5 problem.

 

[jemmyell]

X5 is a little finicky about hardware

Hi,

My ID is now showing 'Merchant Member' so I guess it's ok to discuss my software and X5. I make a CNC oriented DXF export tool for CorelDRAW V12, X3, X4 and X5. It is available at:

http://www.coreldrawtools.com and the eval copies of both the Standard and Professional versions are free to try.

Meanwhile, historically the very first release of a new version of CorelDRAW may be 'finicky'. X5 will be of immediate value to anyone who needs fully color managed prepress.

This, however is of no consequence if the app will not run!

Please tell me what CPU-Z reports on your computer, how much RAM you have and what other software you might have installed.

-James Leonard

 

[eaddesigns]

Just upgraded to X5.

 

[SignManiac]

Crap won't install and there's nothing wrong with my hardware.

 

[neato]

Will X5 run any faster on windows 7? Another day of Corel crashes for me.

 

[jemmyell]

See the CorelDRAW.com forums

Crap won't install and there's nothing wrong with my hardware.

Hi, here is a thread on the CorelDRAW.com forums about the install issues some people are having:

http://coreldraw.com/forums/t/18418.aspx

 

[eaddesigns]

I had issue so i use the link from fosters website.