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Re: Corel draw x5

Posted: 13 Aug 2010, 13:01
by Cheshire cat
Hi Guys,
I have seen on ebay corel draw full graphics suite x5 multi language version. brand new, £64.94 or best offer is this a good deal.
Thanks
Pete

Re: Corel draw x5

Posted: 13 Aug 2010, 13:12
by John G
At that price its a copy ;) its a fantastic deal but be aware that coreldraw recently put something in the program which, when a certain date arrived, made the software (X4) unoperable if it was a pirate copy.

Cheers John

Re: Corel draw x5

Posted: 13 Aug 2010, 13:33
by Cheshire cat
Hi John,
Just had another look at the item it says 100% genuine brand new and sealed.
Then at the very botton of the listing it says
To comply with ebays OEM policy.
This OEM software comes with a computer hardware. ( sold " AS IS") Little or no value.
What does this mean?

Re: Corel draw x5

Posted: 13 Aug 2010, 13:37
by Kaz
I agree with John, for that price it's got to be a copy.

And re the updates that rendered the pirate copies useless, it was a windows update that caused the problem, though, from reading the corel draw forums, there is a work around to make it work again.

Gets me though that they published it on their forum :lol:

Re: Corel draw x5

Posted: 13 Aug 2010, 13:46
by Kaz
And it's an unregistered business seller aswell :(

Re: Corel draw x5

Posted: 13 Aug 2010, 13:55
by Cheshire cat
Yep il give it a swerve.
Thanks guys

Re: Corel draw x5

Posted: 13 Aug 2010, 14:13
by John G
I disagree with the windows update theory - I had a friend, ;) who had an ebay bought genuine fake, copy of coreldraw x4 installed on a computer that hadn't been connected to the internet for over 6 years. It still went down after said date - the original software already had a date programmed into it and when copied this effected the software and started the clock running - it only ever effected copies - all around the globe. :D

Cheers John