Re: Quicken for 2009

Posted by Hank Arnold (MVP) on July 23, 2008, 4:52 am

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Andrew wrote:

> JimH wrote:

>> Andrew wrote:

>>> Margaret wrote:

>>>> AFAIC, Quicken release day should be a holiday....

>>> That's a GREAT idea! I think we should start a petition!

>> Cool. Buy it in September, and have it working by January... or

>> February... or ??? I buy last year's version after you early adopters

>> test it for me and shake out the bugs. Q2007 is working great. I think

>> it was $10 on Ebay.

>> Oh No, now comes another Ebay are all illegal copies thread. Nope.

>> I've always gotten an actual, real, authentic DVD.

>> But, I'd sign the petition anyway. Another holiday is always nice. :-)

> Jim - I assume you know that I wrote my original somewhat tongue-in-cheek,

> but I will say that despite being on the bleeding edge for virtually EVERY

> release of Q since the early DOS days , I have *never* had any problems

> installing the newest version out of the chute and using it that forced me

> to ever go back. Not once. Sure, there are many mostly minor irritations

> (especially when they CHANGE something that one can't back out of; that

> stupid logo indicating an entry in a register is 'tax-related' drove me

> crazy when it first came out, but now I'm largely used to ignoring it....),

> it's always worked for me.

> Now part of that is that I am also NOT using the latest Microshaft software

> (if I can stay on XP forever, I will...why people (And this I am serious)

> went to VISTA so early given a choice is really beyond me! - Sorry R.C.!) or

> the latest and greatest hardware, so I think of my configuration as fairly

> standard and part of a normal testing that Intuit must be doing on newer

> releases.

> But for me, Q has always been my favorite app that I probably spend most of

> my time in, so there you go.

> (I just REALLY hope they finally put in true Certificate of Deposit support

> in this year coming up and not forcing a kludge. My number one gripe.)

> -------------------------------------------------------

> Regards -

> - Andrew

I'm the same as you, Andrew. I usually wait, though, until TTAX is
released and I can get whatever rebates/free software Staples has the
first week or two. Until a couple of years ago, they used to put the
Deluxe version on sale the first week and with the rebate, it ended up
being free.

I've installed the latest version every year with absolutely no issues
whatsoever...

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Hank Arnold
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Posted by Ken Blake on July 22, 2008, 8:47 pm

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On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:06:42 -0400, Margaret

> Andrew wrote:

> > The newest release of Quicken is a day that I anxiously look forward to

> > every year. Can't figure out why ANYONE would wait and not buy and install

> > the newest version of Q as soon as they can. It's a true mystery.

> I'm with you, Andrew. AFAIC, Quicken release day should be a holiday.

> :-) I'm anxiously awaiting QP2009 myself.

A question for both of you: why? From year to year, there are very few
changes to Quicken, and most of the changes that do come about are
very minor--more cosmetic than anything else. I usually upgrade about
every other year, and if let that slip to every third year, I wouldn't
be missing much at all.

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Posted by Andrew on July 22, 2008, 9:36 pm

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Ken Blake wrote:

> A question for both of you: why? From year to year, there are very few

> changes to Quicken, and most of the changes that do come about are

> very minor--more cosmetic than anything else. I usually upgrade about

> every other year, and if let that slip to every third year, I wouldn't

> be missing much at all.

Well Ken, mostly because it's fun. Seriously.

I enjoy dealing with finances and use Quicken for a club that I am the
treasurer of, as well as keeping track of my family's finances with it with
5 separate Q accounts for the 5 family members I track expenses for. And
usually there's at least ONE new thing that I would like in each release.

For example, in Q2008, my biggie was the allowance of multiple tags -
although I don't think the reporting implementation was as good as I had
hoped for. (For example, some transactions I tag with my name 'ANDREW' and
wife name 'ETHEL' in the same tag. But a report selecting BOTH "Andrew" and
"Ethel" doesn't show ANY of those! You need to select "ANDREW,ETHEL" in a
*single* tag to get those reported...but I digress....)

But I do agree Ken, if one uses a program for the pure utility, than an
upgrade every other year or so (like I do with Microshaft's Streets) is
sufficient.

Each to their own!

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- Andrew

Posted by Hank Arnold (MVP) on July 23, 2008, 4:55 am

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Andrew wrote:

> But I do agree Ken, if one uses a program for the pure utility, than an

> upgrade every other year or so (like I do with Microshaft's Streets) is

> sufficient.

> Each to their own!

I used to upgrade Streets & Trips every year back when they offered
rebates that made it free (or almost free).

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Hank Arnold
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Posted by Ken Blake on July 23, 2008, 6:38 pm

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> Ken Blake wrote:

> > A question for both of you: why? From year to year, there are very few

> > changes to Quicken, and most of the changes that do come about are

> > very minor--more cosmetic than anything else. I usually upgrade about

> > every other year, and if let that slip to every third year, I wouldn't

> > be missing much at all.

> Well Ken, mostly because it's fun. Seriously.

OK. If you enjoy it, then there's nothing to disagree with.

> I enjoy dealing with finances

I'm the exact opposite. I hate it. What I like most about Quicken is
that it makes it so much easier, and takes away a lot of the pain of
dealing with finances.

> But I do agree Ken, if one uses a program for the pure utility, than an

> upgrade every other year or so (like I do with Microshaft's Streets) is

> sufficient.

> Each to their own!

Absolutely!

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