Hi guys , can someone tell me why CorelDraw X7 is only on Windows and not the Mac . Is it because Corel can not programme for mac, or did Corel fall out with Apple ?
Just do not understand , I have X6 on Windows and have had since the fist version of CorelDraw suite 6 . And have really enjoyed using for years . Just happens my wiffy wanted to get an iMac ,and you just can not understand the disappointment we have in finding out that version X7 is still ONLY Windows . I have tried many forums to find out if it would work with VM or parallel s . And I have not read a review yet to say they are happy running CorelDraw on Mac as of yet .
Would or could someone advise a good way of running CorelDraw X7 on the MAC please . .
Because there are not enough MAC users in the world to support the R&D cost to support the platform.
Could also be an image issue. Not that CD has a bad image as such. But is seen first and foremost as a Windows program. And Windows is still even today and wrongly seen as inferior to the Mac platform. This makes many if not most within the design industry Mac biased. As a result, CD loses out on the Mac even though it is superior to Illustrator in many key areas and can even go toe to toe with InDesign for page layout too in many ways.
Serif make a wide range of programs for Windows, but have announced some new Mac progs. They'll be kicking of with one called Affinity:
https://affinity.serif.com/?p=20462
Thus leaving their PagePlus, DrawPlus, WebPlus and PhotoPlus for Windows only.
Which sorta suggests Core may have to do similar if courting the Mac crowd. Create something ne and rebranded from the ground up.
It amazes me how some people let an OS dictate the software they use.
Not much runs on a MAC, never has, never will.
Boomhauer said:It amazes me how some people let an OS dictate the software they use
Think about this, the MAC users complain, the software available on the MAC is not good enough and that the application that does what they want and has the features does not support the MAC, and their solution is not for them (the MAC user) to change but for others to change. Go figure.
David Milisock said: It amazes me how some people let an OS dictate the software they use Think about this, the MAC users complain, the software available on the MAC is not good enough and that the application that does what they want and has the features does not support the MAC, and their solution is not for them (the MAC user) to change but for others to change. Go figure. [/quote] I went into the Apple store at the mall the other day. Man, some really sweet powerful machines. My wife really wanted one. It's wouldn't be a problem for her. Myself though, as a die hard CorelDraw user, basically just walked out. I'm gonna stick with Windows for not only the benefit of CorelDraw, but a host of other programs that are only for Windows. My windows machine is quite powerful with the software I have on it, why switch, no need really. None at all. I think they also don't release a Mac version because of Visual Basic, / Studio Licensed for CorelDraw. The automation system which is more than a HUGE (and I cannot stress the word HUGE enough) part of CorelDraw, relies on Windows. If you did make a Mac version imagine rebuilding the entire automation system that took decades to perfect, using a different automation system.
It amazes me how some people let an OS dictate the software they use
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I went into the Apple store at the mall the other day. Man, some really sweet powerful machines. My wife really wanted one. It's wouldn't be a problem for her. Myself though, as a die hard CorelDraw user, basically just walked out. I'm gonna stick with Windows for not only the benefit of CorelDraw, but a host of other programs that are only for Windows. My windows machine is quite powerful with the software I have on it, why switch, no need really. None at all.
I think they also don't release a Mac version because of Visual Basic, / Studio Licensed for CorelDraw. The automation system which is more than a HUGE (and I cannot stress the word HUGE enough) part of CorelDraw, relies on Windows. If you did make a Mac version imagine rebuilding the entire automation system that took decades to perfect, using a different automation system.