Quicken 2005

fuzz · #1 August 23rd, 2004, 10:54 PM

I've been thinking about buying Quicken 2005 mac version. I dont' need it but anybody use it? Would you recommend it? What are things you don't like about it?

bobw · #2 August 24th, 2004, 07:12 AM

I have it and it works fine. Don't use it for online banking, so can't tell you about that, but I've seen posts else where that it works fine, but not much change over 2004.

lurk · #3 August 24th, 2004, 07:46 AM

Does the interface still suck as bad as in 2004? I found it incredibly tedious to use because it did not follow the HIG.

That said I am not a big fan of anything Intuit does after they lost my taxes two years ago, to which they said "oops".

Nope, I'm not bitter ;-) But I am not e-filing either.

Vard · #4 August 24th, 2004, 09:59 AM

I just purchased Quickbooks Pro 6 for my wifes coffee house and our photography studio. I haven't installed it yet, but I have a quick question?

Can this product handle personal finances? I would think yes, but maybe it's not really geared up for that as much as it is setup for business stuff. Anyway, just wondering if someone can shed some light on that if they have used it.

Thanks,
Eddie

perfessor101 · #5 August 24th, 2004, 05:09 PM

I have been using Quicken 2005 for Mac and it really isn't that much different from Quicken 2004 for Mac. There are supposedly some more features that have been in Quicken for Windows but have been missing in Quicken for Mac, but I don't know what they are. I bought it in hopes of getting around some of the bugs in Q2004 and a couple of annoyances have disappeared. So far no new bugs have bitten me and the transition was flawless. Was it worth the price? As far as I am concerned the jury is still out on that.

I use online banking and Quicken bill pay and that all works great. But I have started using a shareware utility QIF Master to pre-process my downloads. It has made the whole process go more smoothly and quite neatly gets around the lingering incompatibility between Safari downloads and Quicken. It also supports Investment account download data from sources other then Quicken and that is a big benefit.

If I can get the bill payment sorted out, I may switch to MoneyDance on January first. Quicken is getting too bloated with features I never use and I have never been that crazy about the UI.

As far as using Quickbooks for personal finance that is akin to shooting mice with an elephant rifle. Not only that but Quickbooks lacks many features I would want in personal finance software. But it will work.

Vard · #6 August 24th, 2004, 05:33 PM

I figured it was overkill...I was just wondering because I just paid $300 US for Quickbooks and didn't realy want to spend more if this will do the trick.

Thanks for the info.

Later,
Eddie

fuzz · #7 August 24th, 2004, 10:59 PM

this may seem like a dumb question but anyhow ... should quicken users purchase the update every year? for instance, b/c of tax rules and stuff that change year to year....

perfessor101 · #8 August 25th, 2004, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by fuzz

this may seem like a dumb question but anyhow ... should quicken users purchase the update every year? for instance, b/c of tax rules and stuff that change year to year....

You have to purchase the Tax Preparation software every year, but that is entirely separate from Quicken. You don't even have to use Intuit's tax preparation software.

Intuit would like for you to purchase Quicken every year, but it definitely is not necessary. Many of us purchase the new package in hopes the bugs in the previous version will be fixed. Usually they are, but the new version has its own set of new bugs.