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quicken 2007 stability pelicanplayhouse 04-17-2007
Posted by pelicanplayhouse on April 17, 2007, 7:29 pm
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I have used Intuit products since Quicken for DOS. As the software
has become more sophisticated, it has become buggier. I purchased a
MacPowerbook in order to avoid the whole virus issue etc. and
purchased Quicken for Mac (version?) It was a nightmarre. It didn't
resemble Quicken/Win at all. I returned to Quicken/win/2005. I can
realte to all the placeholder problems that have been mentioned here.

Question: While 2005 isn't perfect, it seems to be relatively
stable. Intuit ultimately will create a situation whereby we are all
forced to purchase one of their newer programs by not supporting the
older versions. Is Q2007 sufficiently stable to consider purchasing
it now or is it still effectively a beta program?

Question: Does anyone know whether the buzz about Quicken Health is
positive?

Responses appreciated. Thanks


Posted by R. C. White on April 18, 2007, 10:52 am
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Hi, pelicanplayhouse.

If you are waiting for a perfect version of Quicken, you'll have a long
wait. But I and thousands (millions?) of others have been using Quicken
2007 for most of a year now. Yes, it has bugs. But I've had success with
it - in WinXP Pro (x86 and x64), in several beta versions of Vista, and in
Vista Ultimate (x86 and x64) since Vista "went Gold" in November. I'm sure
that if you check the archives, there were as many questions about Q2005
(and Q2000 and Q1995...) when it was new and current as about Q2007 now.
Yes, Intuit does "sunset" older versions so that they can support current
versions, just like other product manufacturers. But that means only that
they don't update the program any more, and they stop supporting some
downloads. You can continue to use Q2005 for another 10 years, probably, if
you don't download transactions.

And, while I have no inside information, I'm sure the Q2008 beta is in full
swing now.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Currently running Vista Ultimate x64)

>I have used Intuit products since Quicken for DOS. As the software
> has become more sophisticated, it has become buggier. I purchased a
> MacPowerbook in order to avoid the whole virus issue etc. and
> purchased Quicken for Mac (version?) It was a nightmarre. It didn't
> resemble Quicken/Win at all. I returned to Quicken/win/2005. I can
> realte to all the placeholder problems that have been mentioned here.
>
> Question: While 2005 isn't perfect, it seems to be relatively
> stable. Intuit ultimately will create a situation whereby we are all
> forced to purchase one of their newer programs by not supporting the
> older versions. Is Q2007 sufficiently stable to consider purchasing
> it now or is it still effectively a beta program?
>
> Question: Does anyone know whether the buzz about Quicken Health is
> positive?
>
> Responses appreciated. Thanks


Posted by Jay M Apple on April 18, 2007, 3:04 pm
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> I have used Intuit products since Quicken for DOS. As the software
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SNIP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Question: Does anyone know whether the buzz about Quicken Health is
> positive?
>
> Responses appreciated. Thanks
>

R.C. White answered concerning 2005 vs 2007.

As to Quicken Health, just what is the buzz to which you refer?

Have you visited the Quicken forum on Quicken Medical Expense Manager? Hve
you visited the info page on Quicken Health?

Jay



Posted by Igottagetalife on April 29, 2007, 11:36 am
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I also purchased a MAC mainly for simplicity of use for the family. the
parnoia of virus'' seems a bit over the top to make a decision for computer
purchases.

On the Mac, I run Q2007 for Windows... In fact to me the MAC applications
seem a bit buggy (if that is a term) so I go back to the windows side of the
house.Q2007 is stable from my perspective for tracking stock trades,
finances in general and works well, with budgetting and downloads.

An observation on my own.... I am more dangerous than any virus released
todate...... Virus 2007-0 vs. me -2 as far as OS reloads. The MAC has been
in the shop 3times with various ailments (power supply needed to be
replaced, lan connection broke, hard disk problems.


If you are truly worried about a virus try getting virus potection- $69.00
max versus a new PC/MAC


>I have used Intuit products since Quicken for DOS. As the software
> has become more sophisticated, it has become buggier. I purchased a
> MacPowerbook in order to avoid the whole virus issue etc. and
> purchased Quicken for Mac (version?) It was a nightmarre. It didn't
> resemble Quicken/Win at all. I returned to Quicken/win/2005. I can
> realte to all the placeholder problems that have been mentioned here.
>
> Question: While 2005 isn't perfect, it seems to be relatively
> stable. Intuit ultimately will create a situation whereby we are all
> forced to purchase one of their newer programs by not supporting the
> older versions. Is Q2007 sufficiently stable to consider purchasing
> it now or is it still effectively a beta program?
>
> Question: Does anyone know whether the buzz about Quicken Health is
> positive?
>
> Responses appreciated. Thanks
>


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