I've been a Corel DRAW user in the past but am looking into making the switch over to an Adobe based product. From all reports, both products seem very similar, so can somebody explain to me the differences between the two?
There are a lot of similarities and differences. To many to really get into.
What I would recommend is Photoshop. Not because I'm a user of Photoshop, but because there are far more tutorials and resources for PS than for Fireworks.
This could would reduce your learning curve tremendously.