Signs of forthcoming Spring have arrived already, so I decided you would see new background colour this month. That is, of course, if you view backgrounds in your browser.
A few days ago I wrote to the Coffee and Chat list the following:
Corel has just issued special Crossgrade/Upgrade offers
for Australia and New Zealand.
Until August 31, 2005, Corel have broadened the upgrade policy for its
award-winning CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12, Corel Paint Shop Pro 9 and Corel
Painter IX. For this limited time, the upgrade policy includes any graphics or
imaging software package from the following companies: Adobe, Macromedia, ACD
Systems, Corel, Microsoft and Apple.
Paint Shop Pro9 sells for $99 Aust. Call 1800 008 777.
https://secure.comm-unique.com.au/UpgradePromotion?trkid=anz0805
Allan M came back quickly with: "As with many offers that are too good to be
true, there is often a catch.
From the Melbourne PC Users Group:
"Next Monthly Meeting - Deakin University, Burwood
Wednesday 7th September 2005, 7:00 pm
Melbourne Launch of Paint Shop Pro 10!
It’s always exciting when a new update comes out - especially when it’s a
program as popular as Paint Shop Pro. To unveil it we will meet Stephen
Byrne, CEO of Communiqué Software. All those who enjoyed Margaret Brown’s
Creative Forgery presentation last month won’t want to miss this. "
So, $99 for an out-of-date program may not be such a good deal after all.
Cheers, Allan"
Version 10 is Corel's first offering since purchasing it from Jasc Software Corporation. Version 9 cost me about $AUD160 as an upgrade 18 months ago.