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just installed Q08 Prmr Scott Lindner 10-19-2007
Posted by Scott Lindner on October 19, 2007, 5:16 pm
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 I just bought Quicken 2008 Premier for Windows and installed it on an XP
system. I have read numerous horror storries. I have to say that so far I
haven't had any bad experiences and performance seems to be much better than
it used to be. The only negative performance I've seen is with some of the
newer screens. They take a couple of seconds to display. The one thing I
am noticing is that so far I haven't seen much different than 2007.
Although I'm finding the Cash Flow / My Savings Plan view to be very
interesting. I'm not completely following it yet but I'll figure it out.
It seems like it might be something I've been looking for a long time.
Here's to hoping anyway.

I'm curious. What are the common file sizes some of you folks have? Here
are mine (rounded):
QDF 16MB
QEL 1MB
QPH 2MB
QTX 6KB

When folks talk of performance problems could it be related to file size?
I'm curious how mine compares. Intuit seems to have done something to
improve performance in 2008. It is noticeably faster in several areas.

Scott



Posted by John B in CA on October 19, 2007, 10:05 pm
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 Scott,

My Quicken file contains data going back to 1991. The QDF file is 32MB, and
all files combined are 45MB. My file takes longer to load than a smaller
file, but once loaded, Quicken continues to work quickly and efficiently.

I've only been using '08H&B for a few days, but so far I see no performance
difference between it and '07H&B.

John B.


>I just bought Quicken 2008 Premier for Windows and installed it on an XP
>system. I have read numerous horror storries. I have to say that so far I
>haven't had any bad experiences and performance seems to be much better
>than it used to be. The only negative performance I've seen is with some
>of the newer screens. They take a couple of seconds to display. The one
>thing I am noticing is that so far I haven't seen much different than 2007.
>Although I'm finding the Cash Flow / My Savings Plan view to be very
>interesting. I'm not completely following it yet but I'll figure it out.
>It seems like it might be something I've been looking for a long time.
>Here's to hoping anyway.
>
> I'm curious. What are the common file sizes some of you folks have? Here
> are mine (rounded):
> QDF 16MB
> QEL 1MB
> QPH 2MB
> QTX 6KB
>
> When folks talk of performance problems could it be related to file size?
> I'm curious how mine compares. Intuit seems to have done something to
> improve performance in 2008. It is noticeably faster in several areas.
>
> Scott
>



Posted by Scott Lindner on October 20, 2007, 8:03 am
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> My Quicken file contains data going back to 1991. The QDF file is 32MB,
> and all files combined are 45MB. My file takes longer to load than a
> smaller file, but once loaded, Quicken continues to work quickly and
> efficiently.

Cool. I started to wonder when folks talked about performance problems if
it might be related to file size. I guess mine is small. I had no clue or
expectation.


> I've only been using '08H&B for a few days, but so far I see no
> performance difference between it and '07H&B.

To be honest, I've noticed performance changes. I think all in all it's an
improvement, but to some it might be a negative. The application loads much
faster than it used to. However, when I go to the Investing view it takes a
while to load where in 07 it just popped open. I suspect 08 is only loading
what is necessary for each view and not everything. This spreads the pain
around and keeps you from loading things when don't need to. I like the
design, but it's going to take a while to get used to. I like it because my
wife only enters receipts and looks at basic spending reports. I look at
the full model regularly. So for her it's nice because it should load much
faster.

As a side note, there's one graph I've always wanted to see and I have to do
exports to Excel to produce it. What's my rate of networth change
particularly as a one year moving average. The reason I like to see this is
even though I might be increasing my networth change, it could be
decelerating. Maybe this isn't very valuable and it's just my geeky side
that thinks it is. Regardless, there are new features this year that I'm
anxious to explore so I'm pleased about that.

Cheers,
Scott



Posted by Han on October 20, 2007, 12:07 pm
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> The reason I like to see this is
> even though I might be increasing my networth change, it could be
> decelerating. Maybe this isn't very valuable and it's just my geeky
> side that thinks it is.

You seemed to be posting from comcast space. Therefore I am tentatively
concluding you're in the US. Disregard if not so.

You might want to convert from US$ to euro, or some "basket" of currencies,
to see if your net worth is still increasing if you're expressing in other
currencies. An alternative is to divide monthly net worth by the then
current price of crude oil.

Hey, you need cynics too!

--
Best regards
Han
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Posted by Scott Lindner on October 20, 2007, 7:27 pm
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> You seemed to be posting from comcast space. Therefore I am tentatively
> concluding you're in the US. Disregard if not so.

I am.


> You might want to convert from US$ to euro, or some "basket" of
> currencies,
> to see if your net worth is still increasing if you're expressing in other
> currencies. An alternative is to divide monthly net worth by the then
> current price of crude oil.

Are you suggesting that even though my USD networth is increasing my
networth on a global measure may not be? If you are, one thing I've been
considering talking to my financial advisor about is maintaining investments
in multiple markets and held in multiple currencies for the very reasons
you're suggesting.

Scott



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