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From: TaliesinSoft on 12 Feb 2010 11:46
On 2010-02-11 22:16:21 -0600, Bob Ball said:

[in the context of Macs and Quicken]

> No, they don't. I don't think Macs have shipped with Quicken for years.
> Quicken's out of favor with a lot of users because Intuit not only
> hasn't paid much attention to it for several years, but is now offering
> a replacement which amounts to a downgrade, and making no bones about it.

So has Intuit dubbed the "downgrade" Quicken-Dirty?


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From: Tom Harrington on 12 Feb 2010 12:17
In article <7tleuvFkh5U1(a)mid.individual.net>,
TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote:

> On 2010-02-11 22:16:21 -0600, Bob Ball said:
>
> [in the context of Macs and Quicken]
>
> > No, they don't. I don't think Macs have shipped with Quicken for years.
> > Quicken's out of favor with a lot of users because Intuit not only
> > hasn't paid much attention to it for several years, but is now offering
> > a replacement which amounts to a downgrade, and making no bones about it.
>
> So has Intuit dubbed the "downgrade" Quicken-Dirty?

Quicken "Essentials". Even Intuit explains that "...some of the
features you've grown used to may not be included."

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Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002
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From: Richard Maine on 12 Feb 2010 12:30
Tom Harrington <tph(a)pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> wrote:

> In article <7tleuvFkh5U1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote:
>
> > On 2010-02-11 22:16:21 -0600, Bob Ball said:
> >
> > [in the context of Macs and Quicken]
> >
> > > No, they don't. I don't think Macs have shipped with Quicken for years.
> > > Quicken's out of favor with a lot of users because Intuit not only
> > > hasn't paid much attention to it for several years, but is now offering
> > > a replacement which amounts to a downgrade, and making no bones about it.
> >
> > So has Intuit dubbed the "downgrade" Quicken-Dirty?
>
> Quicken "Essentials". Even Intuit explains that "...some of the
> features you've grown used to may not be included."

That would be nice... except that I doubt they are referring to all the
ads. :-( Seems like if you make the mistake of buying an Intuit product,
you find that its primary function is to sell you more stuff instead of
just doing the job.

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email: last name at domain . net | experience comes from bad judgment.
domain: summertriangle | -- Mark Twain
From: Bob Ball on 13 Feb 2010 18:31
In article <2010021207542716807-MS(a)attbicom>, MS <MS(a)attbi.com> wrote:

> On 2010-02-11 20:16:21 -0800, Bob Ball <bobball(a)chartermi.nope.net> said:
>
> > No, they don't. I don't think Macs have shipped with Quicken for years.
> > Quicken's out of favor with a lot of users because Intuit not only
> > hasn't paid much attention to it for several years, but is now offering
> > a replacement which amounts to a downgrade, and making no bones about it.
>
> What do you use instead of Quicken?

Why, Quicken 2006, what else?
Despite the grumbling I hear, it works fine for me.
It helps me keep track of checking and savings accounts, charge card and
department store accounts. It helps me keep track of my IRAs, although I
never mastered investment tracking to show me growth rate.
I've never used it to print checks or for bill paying; I use my bank's
on-line service for paying bills.
I'll grumble a lot when Quicken no longer can download the day's changes
to my investments, or when it no longer works with an OS upgrade.
I hate the thought of having go through the hoops other Quicken users
have jumped in the process of transferring years of data to some other
app.

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If you want to email me, eliminate the negative.
From: David Rogoff on 13 Feb 2010 19:57
On 2010-02-13 15:31:24 -0800, Bob Ball said:

> In article <2010021207542716807-MS(a)attbicom>, MS <MS(a)attbi.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2010-02-11 20:16:21 -0800, Bob Ball <bobball(a)chartermi.nope.net> said:
>>
>>> No, they don't. I don't think Macs have shipped with Quicken for years.
>>> Quicken's out of favor with a lot of users because Intuit not only
>>> hasn't paid much attention to it for several years, but is now offering
>>> a replacement which amounts to a downgrade, and making no bones about it.
>>
>> What do you use instead of Quicken?
>
> Why, Quicken 2006, what else?
> Despite the grumbling I hear, it works fine for me.
> It helps me keep track of checking and savings accounts, charge card and
> department store accounts. It helps me keep track of my IRAs, although I
> never mastered investment tracking to show me growth rate.
> I've never used it to print checks or for bill paying; I use my bank's
> on-line service for paying bills.
> I'll grumble a lot when Quicken no longer can download the day's changes
> to my investments, or when it no longer works with an OS upgrade.
> I hate the thought of having go through the hoops other Quicken users
> have jumped in the process of transferring years of data to some other
> app.

The Mac version of Quicken is a joke. Even the new version coming out
soon looks like a joke based on the info on Intuit's own website. How,
after many years and many versions, can they not make the Mac and PC
versions use the same files and have the same feature?

Anyway - Quicken 2009 for Windows runs great under CrossOver Office, so
that's what I use.

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