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From: Ed Kearns on 15 Jan 2010 23:22 I need to share Quicken files between a PC and my Mac. Quicken files from the PC can't be converted to run on the Mac, in any way I've found. (I tried several techniques.) Therefore I'm working on a cost estimate for having a Mac running Snow Leopard to run the Quicken for Windows files. I gather that Parallels or Fusion can do a virtual Windows environment. But I can't figure what versions of Windows I'd need. I can't find the name (e.g. Home Premium), much less the cost I'd need for a new install (not an update) on the Mac of either XP Pro or Vista or Windows 7. I want to add the cost of Parallels or Fusion plus the Windows OS plus Quicken for Windows, and put it in a proposal. Ed
From: nospam on 15 Jan 2010 23:40 In article <C7768D32.27E58%kearnser(a)gmail.com>, Ed Kearns <kearnser(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I need to share Quicken files between a PC and my Mac. Quicken files from > the PC can't be converted to run on the Mac, in any way I've found. (I tried > several techniques.) > > Therefore I'm working on a cost estimate for having a Mac running Snow > Leopard to run the Quicken for Windows files. > > I gather that Parallels or Fusion can do a virtual Windows environment. But > I can't figure what versions of Windows I'd need. what are the system requirements for the version of quicken for windows? that's your answer.
From: Ed Kearns on 15 Jan 2010 23:51 in article 150120102040192788%nospam(a)nospam.invalid, nospam at nospam(a)nospam.invalid wrote on 1/15/10 9:40 PM: > In article <C7768D32.27E58%kearnser(a)gmail.com>, Ed Kearns > <kearnser(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I need to share Quicken files between a PC and my Mac. Quicken files from >> the PC can't be converted to run on the Mac, in any way I've found. (I tried >> several techniques.) >> >> Therefore I'm working on a cost estimate for having a Mac running Snow >> Leopard to run the Quicken for Windows files. >> >> I gather that Parallels or Fusion can do a virtual Windows environment. But >> I can't figure what versions of Windows I'd need. > > what are the system requirements for the version of quicken for > windows? that's your answer. Well, a new copy of Quicken 10 for Windows requires: 32-bit Windows XP, 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista and Windows 7. But this doesn't tell me which version of each to seek, as I said. When I go to MS, all they talk about is Upgrade versions, not new ones!
From: nospam on 16 Jan 2010 00:19 In article <C77693F6.280B3%kearnser(a)gmail.com>, Ed Kearns <kearnser(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Well, a new copy of Quicken 10 for Windows requires: 32-bit Windows XP, > 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista and Windows 7. > > But this doesn't tell me which version of each to seek, as I said. When I go > to MS, all they talk about is Upgrade versions, not new ones! home is probably fine unless it says it needs ultimate or pro or some other requirement. i would be incredibly surprised if a consumer app such as quicken would not work on windows home which is usually what is installed on most consumer pcs.
From: Richard Maine on 16 Jan 2010 00:52
nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > In article <C77693F6.280B3%kearnser(a)gmail.com>, Ed Kearns > <kearnser(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Well, a new copy of Quicken 10 for Windows requires: 32-bit Windows XP, > > 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista and Windows 7. > > > > But this doesn't tell me which version of each to seek, as I said. When I go > > to MS, all they talk about is Upgrade versions, not new ones! > > home is probably fine unless it says it needs ultimate or pro or some > other requirement. i would be incredibly surprised if a consumer app > such as quicken would not work on windows home which is usually what is > installed on most consumer pcs. In any case, the answer will have nothing in particular to do with Parallels in particular or Macs in general. Parallels will run whatever version of Windows you need for Quicken. A Mac group isn't the best place to get an answer on what version that would be, just because you will be running in on a Mac. Might as well ask in rec.pets.cats because you will have your cat sitting there wanting to be petted while you do it. My old copy of Quicken runs fine on my XP pro under VMWare (and it used to so do under Parallels before I switched to VMWare), but it is a several year old version of Quicken. One of the reasons I stopped using Quicken was that I got annoyed at Intuit's game of forced upgrades. The upgrades never seemed to come with anything new that was actually useful, but you had to buy them or banks would stop working with the software. And every time you installed an upgrade, it also auto-installed a bunch of desktop icons pushing you to buy yet other products. They seemed perpetually hopeful that anyone who was enough of a sucker to give them money once was a good candidate to give them more. Another reason that I switched from Quicken was that I wanted something that would run on my Mac without requiring me to bring up Windows in VMWare (or Paralels, or BootCamp - whatever). The Quicken for Mac was unacceptable (and, as you noted, couldn't reliably import data from Quicken for WIndows anyway). I ended up giving up on importing my old data. I just bring up VMWare and the old Quicken if I want to look at my older data. -- Richard Maine | Good judgment comes from experience; email: last name at domain . net | experience comes from bad judgment. domain: summertriangle | -- Mark Twain |