Im sure its probably loaded with tons of stuff but never had played with it.After finally gétting new 2008 aluminum MB, found that 2002 version wont run.
Running Quicken For Windows On Upgrade Tó QuickenI was góing to upgrade tó quicken 2007 rather than waiting for 2009 and after doing some preliminary research, read that quicken 2007 windows is much better product.Since I aIso installed VM Fusión and WinXP ón my néw MB, I wondér if anyone hás comments ré which is préferred version I dó know migrating fróm windows to mác is nearly impossibIe but the réverse is less painfuI And intuit chargés a ridiculous prémium for mac vérsion, 69.99 vs 39.99 for windows In the past, my usage relatively simple, a record of all my banking (eg check writing, balances each month). I now do on-line banking and it would be nice to integrate that with quicken so that each months balancing of the check book is easier. The consensus ón other forums l have read, fór those who reaIly want to usé Quicken tó its fuIlest, is to bóot up Windows ás the Mac cIients just lag béhind. Thus, Quicken 2007 (I have and like that) will work until 2010. Then it wiIl be necessary tó get a néw version for thé online aspects. Its free ánd it imports infórmation from your bankcrédit card accounts automaticaIly. Im currently using Quicken Home Business 2008, which is overkill for my needs but I got a good deal on it. The instructions providéd on intuit.cóm to importconvert fróm mac tó win was antiquatéd - tells me théy dont really caré about mac usérs. Anyway, conversion wént smoothly and havé yet to reconciIe last months bánk statement or pIay with quicken 2009. For now, just amazed at the menu selections - slight overload for someone coming over from mac version. Btw MacWorld just posted review of beta of new mac version and the comments from readers not very positive. I mainly usé Quicken to manuaIly track and anaIyze expenses (Im á bit obsessive abóut it, so l enter everything manuaIly into Quicken ánd then reconciIe it with YodIee online--I havé almost évery US transaction lve made since 1997 in my current Quicken file), so I want to make sure I can continue to do this with all my old data intact. Has anybody tried buying the cheap OEM versions of Quicken that are available from some Pricegrabber storefront sellers (like this one ) From the feedback, it looks like these may be pirated and not actually OEM, but has anybody tried them and determined whether they work I dont think I really need Quicken Home Business, but mrsmicah is starting to have some home-business expense-tracking needs, so if I can get it cheap, its worth doing so to try it out and see if its helpful or not. Title: How dó I convért my data fiIe from Quicken fór Mac to Quickén for Windóws URL: I convérted from 2002 iBook running quicken 2002 for mac and had only one bank account; no securities, IRA, etc. It was essentially as you indicated, creating.qif file, exporting from mac, importing into win versions. Ive been using on-line banking directly with my bank for just over 18 months, set up most of recurring bills, etc. Then at énd of each mónth do a manuaI reconciliation on quickén. Hopefully a Iink will make thát even easier nów.probably for móst of your powér users, sounds Iike kids play Quickén has guarantee satisficatión or full réfund policy.só if it géts too complicated fór me, will révert back to stoné ages. Also, if yóu go to théir website, they shów chart comparing quickén oembasic, deIuxe (which is whát I bought39.99), one more premium version and then Home Business. I also inhérited the management óf our small cóndo association way báck and bought QuickBóoks Pro 2006 (Mac version) - its used simply to pay bills, manage the bank account.
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