I NEED SOME INFO ON X5 BEFORE PURCHASING IT, PLEASE HELP

I HAVE CORELDRAW 2, 5' AND 9, AND I USE ALL THREE VERSIONS. I HAVE WINDOWS XP PACK 3.  A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO KNOW ARE

IS X5 COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS XP

WILL X5 READ CORELDRAW 9 FILES

IS THE VECTOR GRAPHIC DRAWING FOR SIGNAGE REALATIVILY EASY TO USE AND HOW VERSATILE IS IT AND IS IT GOOD FOR CUTTING VINYL SIGNS

 

TIM