Since nem quarter of a century I have been working in advertising, with CorelDRAW since version 3 asks you a colleague of another advertising agency with which you are working mainly, and you answer "Corel" is always (always really!) Some snide remark. Because somebody has heard time of anyone who has said that Corel was sooo ***. Sorry, folks, but that's nonsense.
The Corel suites are to be taken seriously around since version 8. Sure, there are always outliers down (like 12 or Corel X5, for example). But the range of functions, integrating the various programs and the clear operating structure make the suites from the major competitors (you know: the inventor of PDFs) in parts even in the shade. I also much with the Adobe programs work (since 1992) and Adobe Creative Suites (since the first CS) I'll forgive the analogy.
Well, now for CorelDRAW Home & Student Suite X6.
You will be asked as a graphic designer constantly "Say, can not you make me this or that?" But hardly anyone wants or can afford an advertising agency. So it makes for mates, the little shop next door or the Yoga school relative to flat on your home computer a few flyers and gets ne free period or a beer donated. In return, of course, is not worth issuing high three to four figure sums for the Professional Suites.
Yes, it's true: the home version actually missing a few features. But for the above purpose, almost everything is there, what need layman or professional, to conjure print-ready templates. I was missing anything, and beginners are sometimes still overwhelmed even with the limited functionality. The one where I wish I had more options, the PDF export. The Preflight in Acrobat shows me though no error if I let a PDF-X test run over it. But it would be nicer if we could have been more setting the PDF export (Bleed, profiles, crop marks, text in curves, etc.). So if you can live with it, then get the home version. What better for the price not there.