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The evil principalicy is forcing me to upgrade - need advice Marc Auslander 01-18-2008
Posted by Jeff on January 20, 2008, 1:19 pm
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 I am presently using Quicken Deluxe 2006 and therefore do not need to
upgrade till next year. Would there be any advantage (features, bugs,
etc.) in upgrading to QD 2008 this year rather than wait till I am
forced to next year?

(My computer uses XP not Vista).

Jeff




Posted by Han on January 20, 2008, 2:09 pm
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 @newsfe19.lga:

> I am presently using Quicken Deluxe 2006 and therefore do not need to
> upgrade till next year. Would there be any advantage (features, bugs,
> etc.) in upgrading to QD 2008 this year rather than wait till I am
> forced to next year?
>
> (My computer uses XP not Vista).
>
> Jeff
>
That depends on how badly you need whatever is really new in 08. Not much,
if you ask me, but marketing got me to believe I needed 08 for my Vista
(ugh) laptop.

Bottom line: If you are satisfied wit 06, keep using it until it really
stops working. Even then, as discussed in other threads, netstock appears
a very good workaround for the deficient stock price downloads in Quicken,
and most FI's may (??) let you download data for older Quicken versions (I
amd not sure of that).

--
Best regards
Han
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Posted by Jeff on January 20, 2008, 2:30 pm
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Han wrote:
> @newsfe19.lga:
>
>> I am presently using Quicken Deluxe 2006 and therefore do not need to
>> upgrade till next year. Would there be any advantage (features,
>> bugs, etc.) in upgrading to QD 2008 this year rather than wait till
>> I am forced to next year?
>>
>> (My computer uses XP not Vista).
>>
>> Jeff
>>
> That depends on how badly you need whatever is really new in 08. Not
> much, if you ask me, but marketing got me to believe I needed 08 for
> my Vista (ugh) laptop.
>
> Bottom line: If you are satisfied wit 06, keep using it until it
> really stops working. Even then, as discussed in other threads,
> netstock appears a very good workaround for the deficient stock price
> downloads in Quicken, and most FI's may (??) let you download data
> for older Quicken versions (I amd not sure of that).

That was precisely how I felt about it. I plan to wait till next year
before deciding but thought to solicit opinions in case there were
things I did not know about. It does not seem like QD 2008 has any
"must have" advantages over continuing with QD 2006.

Jeff



Posted by Oilcan on January 21, 2008, 12:15 pm
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I would hold off. By next year you might have a Vista machine and I would
use that as a reason to upgrade.
> Han wrote:
>> @newsfe19.lga:
>>
>>> I am presently using Quicken Deluxe 2006 and therefore do not need to
>>> upgrade till next year. Would there be any advantage (features,
>>> bugs, etc.) in upgrading to QD 2008 this year rather than wait till
>>> I am forced to next year?
>>>
>>> (My computer uses XP not Vista).
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>> That depends on how badly you need whatever is really new in 08. Not
>> much, if you ask me, but marketing got me to believe I needed 08 for
>> my Vista (ugh) laptop.
>>
>> Bottom line: If you are satisfied wit 06, keep using it until it
>> really stops working. Even then, as discussed in other threads,
>> netstock appears a very good workaround for the deficient stock price
>> downloads in Quicken, and most FI's may (??) let you download data
>> for older Quicken versions (I amd not sure of that).
>
> That was precisely how I felt about it. I plan to wait till next year
> before deciding but thought to solicit opinions in case there were things
> I did not know about. It does not seem like QD 2008 has any "must have"
> advantages over continuing with QD 2006.
>
> Jeff
>



Posted by Pam on January 21, 2008, 1:17 pm
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> I would hold off. =A0By next year you might have a Vista machine and I wou=
ld
e
>
>
>
>
> > Han wrote:
> >> @newsfe19.lga:
>
> >>> I am presently using Quicken Deluxe 2006 and therefore do not need to
> >>> upgrade till next year. =A0Would there be any advantage (features,
> >>> bugs, etc.) in upgrading to QD 2008 this year rather than wait till
> >>> I am forced to next year?
>
> >>> (My computer uses XP not Vista).
>
> >>> Jeff
>
> >> That depends on how badly you need whatever is really new in 08. =A0Not=

> >> much, if you ask me, but marketing got me to believe I needed 08 for
> >> my Vista (ugh) laptop.
>
> >> Bottom line: =A0If you are satisfied wit 06, keep using it until it
> >> really stops working. =A0Even then, as discussed in other threads,
> >> netstock appears a very good workaround for the deficient stock price
> >> downloads in Quicken, and most FI's may (??) let you download data
> >> for older Quicken versions (I amd not sure of that).
>
> > That was precisely how I felt about it. =A0I plan to wait till next year=

> > before deciding but thought to solicit opinions in case there were thing=
s
> > I did not know about. =A0It does not seem like QD 2008 has any "must hav=
e"
> > advantages over continuing with QD 2006.
>
> > Jeff- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -
I just upgraded from 2001 to 2008. I am sorry I ever did. BTW 2001
runs on Vista as well.

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