The last work in CorelDRAW
@trojza
I'd agree with you that the latest Corel is a big letdown (especially PhotoPaint) but I've gotten enough feedback from Illustrator users as to how much more they can do with Corel, especially with multiple pages and the adaptabilty with other file formats. (the learning center where I teach has both Corel DRAW and Illustrator courses so I get to hear each other's feedback from students)
Personally, I'd prefer a downgrade to X4 than Illustrator (that is, until X6 turns out to be a major improvement over the two previous versions) since I've done more work faster with X4 than with X5. Some of the files I've done in X4 can't open in X5 now, saying that the program "doesn't have enough memory" whenever I try to open them.
And don't let the competition get you down. At least the grand winner deserved it. (Can't say about the other finalists, though). So don't lose faith in Corel just yet. I'd suggest you'd downgrade to X4. IMHO, it probably works better than X5.