Corel X4 Upgrade - Yes/No

[Tim Bateson]

For those on the leading edge - unlike those of us who are just on the edge.
Is it worth it to upgrade from CorelX3 to X4 for $179?

[Frank Corker]

For those on the leading edge - unlike those of us who are just on the edge.
Is it worth it to upgrade from CorelX3 to X4 for $179?

Tim, there are some big improvements in X4, I tried it but I drifted back to X3 because there were a few anomalies that I wasn't too happy about. Also I had left X3 in position when installing it and that caused a few GUI problems, especially noticeable when I came to the trace feature (much improved), have the little sliders were not visible some of the time (not all, but some of the time). I would recommend that you go to Corel's homepage and view the 'what's new' section, if anyone is going to post anything about the good points, it will be them.

[Michael Kowalczyk]

hey Tim,
I just bit the bullet and got X4 and X4 unleashed. X3 dropped the centerline trace feature and I know that v12 has it but I did not want to go backwards, so I went to the edge. I think there are many new features that can be usable and I also put it on my quad core 64 bit cpu so I wanted the most current version. Only had it a few days now and mainly refreshing myself with the videos to see what's new. I say if it is for your business and you do not have V12, go for it. If you are lasering as a hobby read through the "what's new" like Frank said and do what think is best. I would also highly recommend getting the X4 Unleashed premium version. lots of great tutorials and usable stuff on the DVD.

http://www.unleash.com -- The Ultimate Resource for the Graphics User
Tips & Tricks, Training Classes, Books, Videos and much more

$179.99 was the best I could find at Amazon also.

[David Harvey]

I upgraded and most definitely woud recommend it. The biggest fix I found was Corel no longer crashes ( as in 'blink! ..gone) after I would create a new folder in the save-as dialog, or delete a file in the save-as dialog under X3. This would 'always 'cause X3 to 'blink away'...at least on my system and the one I use in my daily job...

Like was said before...if you are a casual user, then maybe the upgrade wouldn't be beneficial, but if you depend on it in a business sense..go for it. I have no regrets.

[Bill Cunningham]

I just got a sale email from corel for 179.00 (Canadian!!) so if you go to the corel site (I guess it's in Ottawa) you should be able to buy it on your U.S.$ Credit card, and your issuer will do the conversion to U.S. from Canadian Dollars and you will save somewhere around 20% of the cost in the exchange..

I upgraded from 12 to X4 and obviously found a HUGE improvement.. I had found a few 'quirks' but the SP1 seems to have fixed all that I had a problem with, PLUS SP1 has a thumbnail improvement that allows windows explorer to show you a 'good' image of the file, and not the crappy one you normally see.. Actually when I first got it, I wanted to call corel, and see if I could exchange it for X3 but the SP1 has made a big difference, and I'm more than happy with it now..