Thought I would note a few things about installing X5...

- As noted in the Forums yesterday (Feb 23rd)  there was a hiccup on the English CNet download and the package would crash when it was being uncompressed...this was fixed last night. I just wanted to mention that this wasn't a problem with the installer but the build that was being downloaded from the website slipped a bit or two.

- CGS X5 needs .NET v.3.51 for many things. We include all the updates on the DVD version and the download version will download the right stuff and install automatically if you are connected to the internet

- Vista takes a while to install, mostly because of the .NET stuff listed above. Xp doesn't take long as Vista and Win7 goes the fastest

- The DVD based installs will show they require a lot of disk space because we install all the content by default. In previous versions we've never installed the content but from watching people in the field they always thought they got "everything" when they did an install. We recognize that the installer size will be quite different between X4 and X5 but we elected to install the content by default to meet customers expectations. Note that you can customize the install if you don't want the videos to be installed on the computer.

- If you're always connected to the internet you may want to deselect the videos from installing. The built in video browser is smart enough to go to youtube if you didn't install the videos.

- Ghostscript is not installed by default. It's a program that we can use to extend the felxibility of our EPS import if it's on the computer. If you import a EPS files a lot, consider selecting a custom install and selecting GLP Ghostscript.

- If you buy the download versions you can purchase the DVD and guidebook (either at time of purchase or later on).

HTH,

Tony.