I’m still not happy, but I got a good deal on Ebay so I’m feeling a little better.That may all change when I install Corel X6 and discover I don’t have a clue how to use it, but such is life. Sadly, my procrastination cost me over two hours of work today, so I went outside, kicked a few weeds, came back inside and found a reasonably priced upgrade on.

I knew I’d have to upgrade eventually, but I’ve been dragging my feet because of the expense, and the fact that I have better things to do than re-learn an application I know like the back of my hand. Or, as I discovered today, I can’t even do that if I try anything a bit more fancy.

It will let me resize graphics, and export them, but I can’t save my work. Unfortunately, Corel Draw 8 doesn’t work properly with Windows 7. But you see, I’m just a hobbyist – I like to make stuff for my own use, like the graphic of the Vintage Egg, or my maps of Vokhtah – so version 8 was all I needed. In the computer world, 15 years is like centuries for people, and if I were a real graphic artist, I would have had to upgrade a long time ago. And before any of you do the math, that does make it 15 years old. I have been using Corel Draw for about 20 years, and the version I had to farewell today was Corel Draw 8. It’s still around though, so there must still be a core of Corel tragics like me out there.

Then Photoshop happened, and Corel fell from favour. Anyway, given my penchant for hoarding, you can imagine how happy I was at having to buy the latest version of Corel Draw.įor those of you who have never heard of Corel Draw, it was once the graphics program of choice. Or perhaps it’s because I’m a keeper, and I do love that car. I drive a 1988 Toyota Corolla because I refuse to throw anything away while it still works.

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