I have been offered this product through a 3rd party web site but can't seem to find any information about it.
CorelDRAW Esssential Edition 3 (that's the real name) and CorelDRAW Essentials 4 (the latest version) are products based on CorelDRAW Graphics Suite (X3 and X4 respectively), but with a subset of the features. These Essentials products cannot be (legally) purchased without being bundled / installed with hardware, e.g. it is the main version Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) can include with their offering. The only place in the world you can legally buy CorelDRAW Essentials on its own is in Japan.
Gérard
Hello, I can see that the last entry is some years old, so I do not know if you still answer these questions.
I have read the conversation regarding Essentials, and have a question regarding, CorelDRAW Essentials 2. Was this one then also bundled?
I am asking as I can see many page with a box for sale.
http://www.amazon.com/CorelDRAW-Essentials-Drawing-Photo-enhancing-Made/dp/B0000CEPDZ
http://www.verybestsoftware.net/2010/coreldraw-essentials-2/
BR.
hanne
Hi again Hanne,
I just saw that you are from Denmark, hej hej!
A safe store online to buy from in Denmark, Sweden and Norway is "Dustin".Here is a link to the Danish page with CorelDRAW http://www.dustinhome.dk/search/coreldraw
And here http://www.dustinhome.dk/product/5010653161/coreldraw-home-student-suite-x6-win-eng-cd/#intcmp=searchProvider_SiteSeeker
Hej Stefan
The reason why I am interesting in knowing is that I work with SAM (Software asset management) and I have to find out which product installed on customer PCs are commercial. I have CorelDRAW 2. So I now need to find out if this requires a license or not.
It has proved rather difficult I am afraid ;-)
So, I was wondering if the version 2 perhaps was commercial and from then on they became OEM?
CorelDRAW Essentials 2 was available both as a boxed product in retail in some countries in Europe as well as a bundled product with hardware manufacturers. I believe we launched CorelDRAW Essentials 2 in 2003 if memory serves.
Hello,
OK. So my feeling that version 2 had (also) been commercial was right then.
I will straight away go and correct it - after yesterday I altered the 'Financial Status' from 'Commercial' to 'Bundled'. I can click both of them. I will do that immediately.
I had the date down as 16. October 2003.
Thank you for anwering.
Best regards
Hanne