Anticipation: Quicken 2011 for Windows

I'm not sure that the phrase "Quicken aficionado" is appropriate for me, but I use it a lot and like it well enough. I use it because it meets my needs, not because I love it

I seldom buy two years in a row, because the differences from one year to the next tend to be very minor these days. It's a mature-enough product that it must be very difficult for Intuit to come up with real improvements, rather than just changes.

But I'm running 2010 now, and if there are real improvements in the

So I'm looking forward to hearing from you, and others like you who buy Quicken 2011, about what changes they are and how valuable those changes are. Your reports of experience are much more valuable to me that Intuit's advertising.

I wouldn't get your hopes up. Based on Patzer's comments - i.e. his strategy of using Mint as their new customer platform, all I expect to see are a few minor changes to the interface, no new functionality and 2011 on the box.

Basically using the Quicken 3 year forced upgrade cycle to fund his plans for Mint.

Quicken is only as hard to use as you make it by using more of its featurs. The basic functions are pretty easy, but like any program, you need to acclimate to it.

Only fools upgrade Quicken EVERY year. My Quicken 2002 works just fine--with NONE of the problems I read about here.

Sharx35 said

Haven't gotten laid lately or something?

I happen to value MY money. Upgrading EVERY year is as wasteful as buying a new car every year. Of course, if one already has MILLIONS, what the Hell, eh?

Maybe you should hire yourself an accredited psychiatrist and get your attitude adjusted. Between your response here and the harassment of Mr. Jan in the "Dividing a loan payment between two parties" posting, you need all of the help that you can get. But than again, the wait list is probably to long in that GREAT Canadian medical system to do any good.

Welcome to my "IGNORE" list, Ass@@@@

I caught a glimpse of Ken Blake on Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:16:04 -0700, writing in alt.comp.software.financial.quicken:

I'm a previous Quicken user but switched to MS Money 2004 and I'm still using MS Money 2004.

I always read this newsgroup hoping to read of improvements to Quicken, hoping to ditch MS Money and return to Quicken.

I am afraid I upgrade every year as well and every year I wonder why I bother. Still, for sixty bucks it is interesting to see if they have come up with anything and it makes the tax forecasts so much easier. It also interfaces with TurboTax and that is a huge plus. I probably spend a couple of hours playing with it and the annual cost is about dinner for two at TGI Friday's with less calories.

I don't much care for Mint but I recommend it to people who need to keep track of their finances. I always have them book their checking and credit cards so they can see how much they can spend while waiting for the CC bill to arrive. I am amazed at how well that works with Mint (or yodlee)

Yes, I'm a multi-billionaire, so I upgrade my cars, my yachts, my homes and most of my many toys every six months. If new Quicken versions came out more than once a year, I upgrade Quicken more frequently as well.

Oh and I'll soon be adding yet another personal secretary to respond to your very valuable posts, Sharx35.

Margaret, you win the best post of the month award. Yes!!

I'll upgrade now to Q2010, because Intuit offered me a free copy if I took a Quicken Chase credit card. It was a little pop-up on my Q2009 version. I don't need another credit card, but what the heck it doesn't cost anything, and I get a free upgrade. I probably would have waited until 2012 otherwise. Once I install the free copy of 2010, I'll probably still wait until 2012 for another upgrade.

-- Jim

Where can I send my resume Margaret LOL

The old expression comes to mind: "A fool and his money are soon parted".

Time for you to grow some balls!

Sharx35 said

I like you. You remind me of myself when I was young and stupid.

Question: Have you ever contributed anything useful to this group or any other group?

Answer: Google Groups says, "No, kill file him!"

Done!

Hey, if $60/year is going to put you over the top wealth wise, I'll write you a check.

Boy, so much hostility because one person likes to upgrade yearly and others don't.

I'm running Q Home and Business 2009. I upgrade usually every couple of years, after I see that the rest of the early upgraders have stopped screaming about this or that feature/non feature, incompatibility, bug, etc, or I just feel that my version is getting a little long in the tooth. And I don't pay $60 or whatever the retail price is. EBAY always has slightly older versions for much less money. I think I paid about $20 for my 2009 version of H&B, and had the fun of playing the auction game.

Ok, go back to slinging mud at each other, guys. It's so much fun to watch from a distance.

jo

So, what does "jo" stand for" Jack Off?