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Posted by Rex's Mom on April 21, 2006, 7:42 am
Please log in for more thread options Cloy wrote:
> Rex's Mom,
>
> My mom just upgraded to Quicken 2006 Basic, and she hates it. I have
> posted elsewhere in this group with my comments.
>
> In short, there is so much distracting, extraneous baloney that it's
> frustrating.
>
> For example, it's absolutely beyond me why she would need or want to
> "rate" the transaction after she wrote a check to the neighborhood
> pharmacy that she has patronized for 50 years, but that's the type of
> "features" included in this version. Of course, you can't disable these
> "helpful tools."
>
> I'm fairly technical, but even I'm appalled by all the crap they've
> added and the fact that most of it can't be disabled. (Microsoft
> occasionally does this with their software, but they're getting
> better.)
>
> You will also lose the ability to import and export data from Quicken.
> You can save a backup file in .QIF format, but since Quicken 2006 no
> longer supports this format, you can't do anything but import it into a
> program that does -- see the Intuit site about this.
>
> If you do decide to make the change, I'd suggest checking with your
> financial institutions to ensure that they support the new "improved"
> Quicken file format.
>
> Excelsior! -Cloy
>
> P.S. If you decide to but the new Quicken, want to sell me your old
> version?
>
>
> Rex's Mom wrote:
>
>>Have been using Quicken since the old DOS days. Am currently
>>running 2003. Have NOT been using any of te download facilities.
>>
>>Recently started playing with the download for very specific
>>accounts. Now have received notice from Intuit that the
>>download capabilities are being discontinued for my version
>>later this month.
>>
>>Haven't been following the pros/cons about Q2006 and the
>>ability to download is NOT essential.
>>
>>Thoughts anyone? Please.
>>--
>>
>>Rex's Mom
>
>
Saw your original post about your Mom's problem and that's
what sort of triggered the question.
Frankly, don't use download enough to really care about
keeping it and it sounds like the bells & whistles would
annoy me also. Like you, I am fairly computer-saavy and I
wish developers would stop FORCING me to accept their new
whiz-bangs.
I guess it's back to e-Bay to try to buy a 2004 version.
BTW, 2005 also changed download format! and it has become
the default for financial institutions, although there seems
to also still be the option to d/l in qif.
--
Rex's Mom
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