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Posted by Antares 531 on June 26, 2009, 10:48 am

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>Keith Nuttle wrote:

>> We are apparently still in the dark ages, and using a notebook to

>> maintain our budget. We have been thinking of going online to

>> maintain our budget and pay our bills. I have two computers both

>> with Window XP SP3. One has Quicken 2005 and the other has Quicken

>> 2006.

>> I have some questions.

>> Question #1: Will I have too upgrade to Quicken 2009 or latest for the

>> version to work?

>There is no limit on how long Quicken will work. But to do anything

>online with Quicken, you will need Q2007 or later. And, if the past is a

>guide, Q2007 will lose its online capabilities in April 2010 ... while

>Q2010 should be available sometime in August 2009, or so.

What version would you recommend to someone who doesn't need the
online services. I enter all my transactions manually, and want the
accounting software only for providing tax preparation inputs, and for
long term reference information.

Does Quicken sell a version that doesn't have any online provisions,
and the additional complexity that comes with these provisions?

Thanks, Gordon

Posted by Mel on June 26, 2009, 12:29 pm

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Start here then explore the sites other pages,
http://quicken.intuit.com/compare_products.jsp

SG

> wrote:

>>Keith Nuttle wrote:

>>> We are apparently still in the dark ages, and using a notebook to

>>> maintain our budget. We have been thinking of going online to

>>> maintain our budget and pay our bills. I have two computers both

>>> with Window XP SP3. One has Quicken 2005 and the other has Quicken

>>> 2006.

>>> I have some questions.

>>>

>>> Question #1: Will I have too upgrade to Quicken 2009 or latest for the

>>> version to work?

>>There is no limit on how long Quicken will work. But to do anything

>>online with Quicken, you will need Q2007 or later. And, if the past is a

>>guide, Q2007 will lose its online capabilities in April 2010 ... while

>>Q2010 should be available sometime in August 2009, or so.

> What version would you recommend to someone who doesn't need the

> online services. I enter all my transactions manually, and want the

> accounting software only for providing tax preparation inputs, and for

> long term reference information.

> Does Quicken sell a version that doesn't have any online provisions,

> and the additional complexity that comes with these provisions?

> Thanks, Gordon

Posted by John Pollard on June 26, 2009, 12:54 pm

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Antares 531 wrote:

> What version would you recommend to someone who doesn't need the

> online services. I enter all my transactions manually, and want the

> accounting software only for providing tax preparation inputs, and for

> long term reference information.

> Does Quicken sell a version that doesn't have any online provisions,

No.

> and the additional complexity that comes with these provisions?

If you don't use the online capabilities, I don't think you should
experience any meaningful additional complexity.

I'm reluctant to recommend specific versions/years; one person's critical
feature, is another person's bell or whistle. Especially true for the
year of the version.

I would never recommend the Starter Edition unless this is your first use
of personal financial software or you intend to throw out 100% of your
previous data. Q2009 Starter Edition is the first and only such version
that could convert data from any previous version of Quicken ... and the
only version Q2009 Starter Edition can convert, is Q2008 Starter Edition.
And even if it is your first time using personal financial software, I
think Starter Editions are too crippled to be of use to very many users.
Some users will find even Quicken Basic lacking in important features ...
maybe that's why it's no longer available.

You don't need the Rental Property Manager version unless you own rental
property, and even then, it's not clear to me that the current offering
is worth the extra bucks. Non Rental Property versions of Quicken have
done the job for years.

You don't need the Home & Business version unless you have a business (and
probably not unless you need to do invoicing).

So that leaves Deluxe or Premier for Q2009; or Basic, Deluxe, or Premier
for previous years.

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John Pollard

Posted by JimH on June 26, 2009, 2:59 pm

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Antares 531 wrote:

> What version would you recommend to someone who doesn't need the

> online services. I enter all my transactions manually, and want the

> accounting software only for providing tax preparation inputs, and for

> long term reference information.

> Does Quicken sell a version that doesn't have any online provisions,

> and the additional complexity that comes with these provisions?

> Thanks, Gordon

Gordon, I used to feel the same way several years ago. I just didn't see
that it was worth the effort. But, it turned out that there really isn't
a lot of complexity. Unless you have very few transactions, I'd
recommend that you give the online access a try.

You can set up just one account, and see if it is worthwhile.
Personally, after entering everything manually for many years, and now
using online download for almost as many, I would never go back.

Just my opinion...

--
Jim

Posted by Han on June 26, 2009, 9:26 pm

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> wrote:

>>Keith Nuttle wrote:

>>> We are apparently still in the dark ages, and using a notebook to

>>> maintain our budget. We have been thinking of going online to

>>> maintain our budget and pay our bills. I have two computers both

>>> with Window XP SP3. One has Quicken 2005 and the other has Quicken

>>> 2006.

>>> I have some questions.

>>>

>>> Question #1: Will I have too upgrade to Quicken 2009 or latest for

>>> the version to work?

>>There is no limit on how long Quicken will work. But to do anything

>>online with Quicken, you will need Q2007 or later. And, if the past

>>is a guide, Q2007 will lose its online capabilities in April 2010 ...

>>while Q2010 should be available sometime in August 2009, or so.

> What version would you recommend to someone who doesn't need the

> online services. I enter all my transactions manually, and want the

> accounting software only for providing tax preparation inputs, and for

> long term reference information.

> Does Quicken sell a version that doesn't have any online provisions,

> and the additional complexity that comes with these provisions?

> Thanks, Gordon

Gordon, if you just want to use a financial package to keep track of
manually entered transactions etc, I would recommend that you look into
gnucash. This is a free program (set of programs) based on Linux, but
there is a version for windows, as well as many other OS's. The
advantages would be cost (lack thereof) and an active community of
developers and users.

I may eventually leave Windows and go to Linux. Thus far there have been
only 2 reasons to stay with windows: Work requires interchangabilities
with others who primarily use windows and office; and Quicken. Work may
disappear if and when I retire, almost forcing me off Windows (I would
have to relinquish my academic versions of software packages), and now I
find out that gnucash has really grown up, so Intuit is no overriding
director of my actions anymore either. Gnucash can even download many
banks' data I am led to believe.

Just another option to consider, if you want to.

--
Best regards
Han
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