Should I buy Xara Designer Pro

Hello, I have been a Serif Fan for some time but following research into Xara, it looks like it will be better for me. However, I am confused. The Designer pro software costs £220 whereas buying Web Designer 11 Premium, Photo and Graphic 11 and Page and Layout Designer 11 separately will cost less.

Is there more stuff in the Designer Pro programme or is it just a combination of the other three programs? If there isn't more stuff in it are there other reasons to pay more in order to have one program? For example is it easier or quicker or less space hungry on my hard drive? If there is other stuff in it what is that and is it worth the extra money.

Sorry to ask so many questions. I am really keen to get going with Xara but don't ant to start my relationship by buying the wrong thing. I hope somebody can help. Thanks

Mark, have you looked at http://www.xara.com/uk/designer-pro/compare/?

Designer Pro have everything the others have. The link shows the overlap.
I happen to have it and Web designer Premium and an early version of Page & Layout Designer.

I try to work in Premium as a baseline but all the clever stuff ends up being done in Pro.
Having it all in one application is truly beneficial.

I think the price difference is due to some of the lesser products being 32-bit.

Acorn

and...FYI: http://www.xara.com/uk/specialoffers/

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Originally Posted by Acorn

Mark, have you looked at http://www.xara.com/uk/designer-pro/compare/?

Designer Pro have everything the others have. The link shows the overlap.
I happen to have it and Web designer Premium and an early version of Page & Layout Designer.

I try to work in Premium as a baseline but all the clever stuff ends up being done in Pro.
Having it all in one application is truly beneficial.

I think the price difference is due to some of the lesser products being 32-bit.

Acorn

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Aha, are the single programs not 64 bit?

Hello Acorn, that is interesting. Are you saying the single programs are not 64 bit?

If you need features of more than one program then just buy pro for convenience and the extras.

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Originally Posted by MarkAOrr

Hello Acorn, that is interesting. Are you saying the single programs are not 64 bit?

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Mark, no, I said some.
It's there in the linked page.

Acorn

The bit of money you save is not worth the operational inconveniences imho. Because the apps all have the same basic appearance it is easy to forget where you are when jumping from one to the other. I started out with Xara v10 separates last year, but quickly upgraded to v11 pro when it became available and I can honestly say it is more than the sum of it's parts.

I would expect updating one product will be cheaper than three. At least if you add the normal update price for the three mentioned products from V10 to V11 the sum is above that of Pro 10 to Pro 11, and I would expect the same for V11 to V12.
Besides it will be much less effort maintaining one product.
None of the other products supports multi core processors.
I think it will really save you some time not to have to switch between the programs for some special tasks.
I definitely would decide for Pro.

I am really keen to get going with Xara

Download the trial as a starting point, then investigate the special offers.