Money 2007 Deluxe vs. OA2007 Express for Personal Finances

#2 01-21-2007, 06:37 PM

On 2007-01-21, jimmuh <jimmuh[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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> So -- deep breath -- is it possible that OA2007 Express could be adapted to
> be used for our personal finances?

....

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> What say you?

It's a free download. Why not just try it?

http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusine...ss/detail.mspx

According to the demo page it will import from Money. I'm going
to give it a try just to see what happens.

#1 01-21-2007, 06:01 PM

All say me is that I've wondered the same thing for lots of the same
reasons. I haven't yet played around with it though.

"jimmuh" <jimmuh[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:827602AB-E221-4715-A64C-1E95F75275D7[at]microsoft.com...
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> What say you?

01-21-2007, 04:48 PM

"jimmuh" wrote:

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> Yeah, I know they're not really intended for the same target "audience."
> But the user interface, the glitches, and the gee-golly-look-at-this
> behavior of Money 2007 has really worn me down. I can usually adapt to
> software no matter how bizarre it's behavior -- as long as it is reasonably
> reliable. I even enjoy using interfaces that other people consider to be
> off-the-wall. Money 2007 (and its recent predecessors) appears to be an
> exception. I just can't stand to use this application. It annoys the living
> devil out of me that Microsoft appears to have thrown a lot of its own
> standards right out the old window when they designed this one.
> So -- deep breath -- is it possible that OA2007 Express could be adapted to
> be used for our personal finances? I realize that it's going to have
> functions that we don't need (invoicing, business style reporting, etc.), but
> are there any glaring deficiencies in it for the purpose of handling personal
> finances? I don't ever use direct online updating in Money. We enter all
> transactions manually.
> What say you?

#-1 01-21-2007, 03:55 PM

Yeah, I know they're not really intended for the same target "audience."

But the user interface, the glitches, and the gee-golly-look-at-this
behavior of Money 2007 has really worn me down. I can usually adapt to
software no matter how bizarre it's behavior -- as long as it is reasonably
reliable. I even enjoy using interfaces that other people consider to be
off-the-wall. Money 2007 (and its recent predecessors) appears to be an
exception. I just can't stand to use this application. It annoys the living
devil out of me that Microsoft appears to have thrown a lot of its own
standards right out the old window when they designed this one.

So -- deep breath -- is it possible that OA2007 Express could be adapted to
be used for our personal finances? I realize that it's going to have
functions that we don't need (invoicing, business style reporting, etc.), but
are there any glaring deficiencies in it for the purpose of handling personal
finances? I don't ever use direct online updating in Money. We enter all
transactions manually.

What say you?

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