I'm ddicted to Corel but alas not with my apple mac arghh!!!!!!! Why and When?
Please please please - I've moved from PC to Mac after 15 years intensively using it daily on a PC.
I use CDX3 on a PC at work but am unable to use it at all at home! I was forced to buy some Adobe Indesign & AI stuff but AI just does not cut it!
Please will Corel move back to us Apple users? if not how can i use X3? on my intel imac (without soiling it with windows)
I'd pay double for Corel on the mac!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone concur?
Jules.
julesrichards said: I'd pay double for Corel on the mac!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyone concur?
Are you unbalanced? The Mac isn't worth what you pay for it let alone double for the software. I'm going through hell with a MAC set up right now having to run 3 different versions of the operating system to support hardware/software. I hope Apple get out of the computer business.
Apple on the computer industry is more than a trademark, it's a feeling, something like Ferrari on car world, like Harley-Davidson on motorcycles, like CorelDRAW on vector graphics. Don't ask if Honda is faster than Harley-Davidson, the simple sound of the engine is different and special. In the same way, an iPhone is not "just another phone", and one iPod is not "just another MP3 player". Other manufacturers try to emulate Apple as far is possible (including Windows) Also, a Mac is not "just another computer", not only because you can use 32 Gb of RAM, also it's a beautiful design, when soem people see a Mac just say "Wooooow!!!" When people use a Mac feel pleasure and satisfaction. But the most important thing: it's a powerful computer, with a good an stable operating system. Make no mistake ourselves, or think "if I do not use it, it's not good".
Hi all - a hot topic i can see.
I guess I should buy a PC then. And just use the mac for other stuff.
Any suggestions to a powerful but cost effective PC.(loptop?)
Thanks for all the comments.
I'm a Corel disciple and always will be.
Can u suggest any industries that use Corel draw etc etc as staple software?
I'm is Advertising for print for the last 15 years but no one's interested in my Corel experience.
Jules.Midlands UK
Good news! Now you can see CorelDRAW in the Apple web as application for iPhone. A big first step
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/coreldraw-fans/id425197033?mt=8&ls=1
Well well, would you believe it... yup a first step i guess...
I'm using Android so would want an Android app.But is it a sign that a new version of the CSuite may be available for Apple OS?Meanwhile I'm having to get used to Adobe CS and I'am missung the versatility and flexibility of Corel Draw etc.Cummon Corel! I would suggest you're loosing long-term users - I'm sure I'm not the only one who's moved from PC to Apple and apart from the loss of Corel I'm more than pleased with Apple's OS and utilities.
It's NOT a PC MAC battle it's juts that there must be a market for Corel on the Mac! surely!?
Onwards and upwards.
FosterCoburn said: **But is it a sign that a new version of the CSuite may be available for Apple OS?** No, it isn't.
HI.
Agreed. Although possibly ironic I don't see a link.
-John
FosterCoburn said: The reality is that CorelDRAW works wonderfully using Boot Camp and Parallels. Given the small number of Mac users, I just don't see how Corel will ever justify the expense of a native version anytime in the near future.
digital demon said: And there is the non-justification for a Mac OS only version. Mac did such a superb job with BootCamp I was able to get CorelDRAW in various versions on 3 different Macs using 3 different Windows versions up and running with virtually no problems whatsoever.
Yes, there's some big reasons. First of all, it's a Windows version and requires to use Windows under Mac, instead a Mac OS. The best advanradge is to use Mac OS instead Windows, so if you use Parallels, Bootcamp, VMware or other, you're using Windos, and it's the same to have a PC with Windows. So, there's no a solution, it's only a workaround, but with this solution Corel doesn't have Mac users. And for this reason, Corel still doesn't exist in the Mac marketplace.
Use the Mac OS means to use the same printing drivers, copy/paste between Mac programs, and use the Mac OS fonts. With this bad solution, you need o have a driver for Windows (XP, Seven..) for each driver of Mac, and each font of Mac for Windows. More difficult, more problems, more job, and any advantadge for a Mac user.
We're talking about a real traslation of CorelDRAW to Mac OS, not to use "the Google translator" (sometimes works, sometimes not...)
Hi.
Here's a few reasons why Corel might Not want to have a Mac version of CGS.
1) At the speed of computers now a days running a VM is no problem and system performance flies in one. Basically it is like running the app itself.
2) Mac is edging toward being able to run windows apps anyways. Imagine putting the effort to develop the version in vain when the next Mac OS comes out boasting the ability to run any program regardless.
3) The cost of developing a Mac version. Is it even possible? You've seen all of the bugs in X5. X5 was attacked, still is, regarding stability in Windows. Imagine trying to perfect it in another OS as well.
4) Many Mac users have no problem running an isolated VM to run Windows programs. This in itself makes the Mac market even smaller.
A Mac version would likely mean not using Windows libraries like .Net. Really it requires a totally different attitude to software development to make multi-platform apps. I think Draw has past the point of no return on these issues. Besides which there are big user benefits from Corel making use of more Microsoft technologies. Direct 2D being one.