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From: Hank Arnold on 23 Apr 2010 04:46
I would hardly say that it is "universal" that folks dislike Q10. There
have been numerous folks who posted positive opinions.

I installed it (on top of Q09) and find it quite good. The biggest
problem you will run into is the interface and backups. They've made
*MAJOR* changes since Q06.

As others have pointed out, the nature of newsgroups is that negative
reviews and problems tend to outweigh the "I have no problems" posts.

Also, if you were to look back at this ng after each major release,
you'll see the same volume of "I hate..." posts.


Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services
http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/personal-pc-assistant/

On 4/22/2010 11:20 AM, mickey wrote:
> Newbie here. LT quicken user, Q2006 Deluxe.
>
> Just received the notice for updating yesterday and said I had until the
> end of the month when ability to DL data would stop. By yesterday PM I
> had lost that ability.
>
> Did some price checking and spent some time reading a LOT of user
> comments on the 2010 version. From what I read, it almost seems
> universal that users do not like the new version.
>
> The only thing I'm currently using Quicken for is to track investments
> and all I need from the net is price quotes/price-history. Looking over
> the features it appears one needs to move up a grade from deluxe version
> to be able to use prgm for tracking investments. Is that correct?
>
> With MS Money gone, is there another prgm that's worth using that
> handles investment tracking?
>
> TIA
>
From: Han on 22 Apr 2010 20:52
"John Pollard" <8plus7isf(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:hqq6mo$iop$1
@news.eternal-september.org:

> Margaret wrote:
>> mickey wrote:
>>> Newbie here. LT quicken user, Q2006 Deluxe.
>>>
>>> Just received the notice for updating yesterday and said I had until
>>> the end of the month when ability to DL data would stop. By
>>> yesterday PM I had lost that ability.
>>>
>>> Did some price checking and spent some time reading a LOT of user
>>> comments on the 2010 version. From what I read, it almost seems
>>> universal that users do not like the new version.
>>>
>>> The only thing I'm currently using Quicken for is to track
>>> investments and all I need from the net is price
>>> quotes/price-history. Looking over the features it appears one needs
>>> to move up a grade from deluxe version to be able to use prgm for
>>> tracking investments. Is that correct? With MS Money gone, is there
>>> another prgm that's worth using that
>>> handles investment tracking?
>
>
>> Remember, most people who make the time and energy to comment online
>> usually have problems with the product.... I've been using QP2010
>> since it came out, and I really like it. It ran fine on WinXP SP3,
>> and I've now upgraded to Win7 64-bit, and it runs even faster. (I
>> think the 8GB RAM and i7 core processor helps. ;-)
>>
>> Even though I've paid for Premier, I believe other more active
>> investors have said the Deluxe version is just fine. I do agree
>> though, that Intuit makes it sound like you need Premier if you track
>> investments. AFAIK, that's not true.
>
> I concur: Deluxe will handle investments, and I don't see any general
> deal-breaker problems in Q2010. But ex-Money users will find Quicken
> takes some getting used to.
>
> [Q2010 R9 is due out shortly; which should take care of some of the
> outstanding complaints.]

I got R9 this morning.

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Best regards
Han
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From: Han on 24 Apr 2010 07:16
Hank Arnold <rasilon(a)aol.com> wrote in news:4bd15e65$0$22514
$607ed4bc(a)cv.net:

> I would hardly say that it is "universal" that folks dislike Q10. There
> have been numerous folks who posted positive opinions.
>
> I installed it (on top of Q09) and find it quite good. The biggest
> problem you will run into is the interface and backups. They've made
> *MAJOR* changes since Q06.
>
> As others have pointed out, the nature of newsgroups is that negative
> reviews and problems tend to outweigh the "I have no problems" posts.
>
> Also, if you were to look back at this ng after each major release,
> you'll see the same volume of "I hate..." posts.
>
>
> Regards,
> Hank Arnold
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Server - Directory Services
> http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/personal-pc-assistant/
>
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I second Hank's sentiments. While I think that many changes, especially
in the gui, are changes just for the sake of changing something, I think
that there is a slow improvement over the years in Quicken. I just wish
that they would be more in the form of updates, rather than upgrades.
IMNSHO, a subscription model is what Quicken should aim for now the
software has really matured.

Every once in a while a new idea or methodology might warrant an upgrade,
but most changes in the last 10-15 years have been updates, bug fixes
(and bug introductions).

Opinions, opinions, value counted only in bits or bytes.

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Best regards
Han
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