Another thing I like about Money is the investment layout for the home page
where I can display an investment summary, best and worst performers, and
investment performance in a nice, easy to read layout. Although, I think I
preferred the more efficient use of space in the M2003 layout.

"Jack" wrote:

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I have been running Money 2005 and Quicken 2005XG side by side for a while
now. I use them for tracking my checking account, credit card account, and
investment accounts. Both programs are Canadian versions. I do not use them
for budgeting, mortgages, etc. I started with a Money file with investments
dating back to 1992. Conversion was a major headache, partly because the
conversion utility on the Quicken site does not work with the Canadian
version of the programs. However, I was able to transfer all my data with
the exception of security quotes (which were lost) and stock splits (which I
entered manually).

For checking account and credit card account tracking using updates from the
net, Quicken is superior because it allows me to download transactions from
within the program without going to my bank's website (TD Canada Trust).
With Money, I have to go to my bank's website and download the transaction
file. I then open Money and import the transactions.

For my investment accounts I have to enter all my transactions manually
since none of the financial institutions that I deal with offer transaction
downloads. I do download security prices to both programs. I find Money
slightly more user friendly for manally entering these transactions. I find
the investment reports in Money much superior to those in Quicken. They are
more useful, and more flexible. Dates and date ranges are easier to enter,
and items can be sorted simply by clicking on any column heading. Quicken
updates security price quotes more quickly. It also seems to get mutual fund
prices more quickly after the close of trading than Money.

So far I have to say that I prefer Money to Quicken overall, but I will
probably keep them running side by side perhaps discontinuing use of Money
for banking and Quicken for investing. Keep in mind that I haven't been
using Quicken very long, so I may develop a better appreciation of its
features over time.

"Jack" wrote:

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I just switched from quicken 03 to money 05 (was a quicken use since
93). I was tired of the upgrade offers from intuit, "here another $120
of software when you upgrade....for $59.95". What a joke, it's just
more crappy software, poorly wrote, just to get you to buy the upgrade
which really has no real changes, just a face lift, "wow". For this
first round with MS the rebates helped also in making my decision. I
haven't had any problems so far, i like it.

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 22:00:25 -0700, "Dick Watson"
<littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote:

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What a sad commentary.

"Joseph Meehan" <sligojoe_Spamno[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:g%RRd.47358$i42.29807[at]fe1.columbus.rr.com...
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Jack wrote:
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The best reason I can think of for using Money is Quicken. Too bad
MoneyCounts was killed by Intuit.

--
Joseph Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

Can anyone give me a reason not to switch to quicken. I hate money 2005 with
a passion. It has too many adds, does everthing wrong, rounds my stock
purchases so the amounts don't add up and takes way to long to start up. Can
anyone see anything good about money 2005?

Thanks