I have X6 right now, no premium subscription. Corel website is saying I can buy the premium subscription for $99 and describes the membership as enabling one to upgrade. I remember before that a premium subscription allows one to upgrade to any future versions. And it also states that on the link, from the menu item for About CorelDraw Membership.
However, all the FAQ information is for CorelDraw 7. Elsewhere, the upgrade price is listed at $199. I remember the premium subscription was always $99.
So, what are my options to upgrade from X6 to X7?
I might not understand what the premium membership is either. I know one gets new features as their are created, even though they may not be released. Corel also describes it as that you will have access to the next major upgrade as long as your membership is active. For example, if you subscribe 5 years, get upgrades, then unsubscribe, all major upgrades are reverted to your original purchase version? However, corel also states that membership "upgrades to the latest version of CorelDraw" also.
I don't know if I am confused, or if Corel is making it unnecessarily confusing now that there is a new version out.
Hello Bill,
you are entitled to the latest updates and upgrades as long as you have a valid premium membership. If you have an active X6 Premium Membership today, then you are eligible to get X7 today. If your Premium Membership has expired, then you cannot get X7.
When your premium membership expires, you will revert to the latest major release you got part of the membership, but the "premium features" included in the updates of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite will no longer be available. In other words, if you get X7 part of your Premium Membership, you will keep that version forever, but if you got new features part of X7.1 / X7.2 for example, you will revert back to the feature level of X7 when your membership expires. These features that are made available in an update are really an early access to functionality that will get released with the next major release.
Hope this helps.
Gérard
PS: you might want to check in your CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 if you can get a premium membership, I believe we have a grace period for a limited time ;-)