I used to work for Intuit. I'll tell you, the product is
very buggy and will drive you nuts. Started with Money in
1995, switched to Quicken in 1999, switched back to Money
in 2003. Stay with Money...
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Forgot to mention Quicken doesn't appear to allow to hide reconciled
transactions in any accounts. That is a big negative in my opinion. I set
Money to only show unreconciled transactions.

"Bart" <bart[at]nospam.com> wrote in message
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Interesting and unlike most journalists scribbles a lot more in depth.

Would be interested to see a M2005 vs Q2005 comparison when Money is
released.

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Regards
Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

For UK tips & fixes see
http://support.microsoft.com/default...d=fh;EN-GB;mny.
For wishes or suggestions see
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
or for UK wishes http://www.microsoft.com/uk/support/money/feedback

"Bart" <bart[at]nospam.com> wrote in message
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Well so far no fireworks.

Bad: Importing Money to Quicken was a nightmare. Quicken put most of my
accounts in what they call the "Cash Flow" area which is equal to "Bank
Accounts" in Money's Account list area. About 1/4 of the homepage is
covered with a list similar to the "Account List" area with accounts
organized into "Cash Flow, Investing Center, Assets and Liabilities. I
haven't found a way to turn this off yet, in fact, it doesn't look like the
homepage is customizable at all. Upcoming bills and transfers are listed on
the homepage too, and by the way, scheduled transactions don't import, so I
spent lots of time finding ways to account for home and car refinances that
messed with loan terms. Screens are very busy, including one step access to
signing up for Quicken's Visa card and other Intuit offerings.

Good: I really like the way Quicken handles investing. The info provided
was a little more lively than Money's setup. Their asset allocation advise
was very good and fund asset classes were customizable (Money offers that
too if you look around). Their asset allocation includes "International
Stocks" something Money lacks. Quicken's charts and graphs are a little
more eye pleasing in my opinion. They are integrated into various screens
very nicely.

Although I haven't used all of its options, I can tell Quicken is a good
product. I see no compelling reason to switch from Money to Quicken and
vise versa. Unless you are totally unhappy stick with what you currently
use. Odds are you've solved many problems, one at a time, trying to get
your software to do you bidding. When you switch, you find all those
problems again, but this time you don't have the luxury of working thru each
at your leisure.

Money 2004 Deluxe 4 of 5 stars
Quicken 2005 Deluxe 4 of 5 stars
Switching from one to another 1 of 5 stars.

I had used Quicken since version 1.0 for Windows. I switched to Money in
2003, and have found a lot more productivity with it. It is also a heck of
a lot more stable and less buggy than Quicken was at the point in time that
I switched over.

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regards,
Michael Abbaticchio
MVP for Exchange Server
http://exchange.mvps.org


"Bart" <bart[at]nospam.com> wrote in message
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i have been using Money 2004 Deluxe and got a new computer
with quicken loaded...I thought like you I would give it a
try but it seems really confusing to me as far as
categories and such go.....maybe because I am just an old
hat at money now.

Good luck
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In news:uPs3g$WiEHA.3876[at]TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
Frank <bbunny[at]bqik.net> posted:
|| Quicken 3 for 3. 3 times sent in rebate, 3 times nothing back.

Every year I have sent in for my MS Money rebates for every upgrade, and
every year I get it....but it takes a loooooooooooong time (at least for me
it seems to take a long time).
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

"Bart" <bart[at]nospam.com> wrote in message
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Quicken 3 for 3. 3 times sent in rebate, 3 times nothing back.

I'm a long time user of Money (since 1997) currently using Money 2004
Deluxe. I started using Money mainly because it was preloaded on my first
Compaq computer, but I just purchased Quicken 2005 Deluxe. After the $30
Circuit City gift card special this week and $20 quicken rebate I figure
getting an attempt at using Quicken would never be cheaper. I'll let you
know how it goes.

Nothing against Money but I have to check out the green grass on the other
side of the fence.