1. Home
  2. Quicken Personal Finance
  3. best/worst Quicken versions?

best/worst Quicken versions?

Used Quicken 1996 on a Gateway with Windows 95 for years. Upgraded to Q-2000 with no problems. Transfered all data and Q-2000 to a Dell running Windows XP with no problems. Husband wants me to use QuickBooks, but I don't like the UI or format as well as Quicken. Research seems to point to Quicken 2006 as the last year with relatively few problems. Would appreciate any input as to best/worst versions/years to upgrade to.

Besides personal expenses, husband is self-employed and we also run vacation cabins, a small hotel, and longterm rentals, so there's a lot of data to keep track of!

W95Q96

-------------------------------------

##-----------------------------------------------## Newsgroup Access Courtesy

formatting link
Tax and Accounting Software ForumsWeb and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup - alt.comp.software.financial.quicken - 30877 messages and counting! ##-----------------------------------------------##

Reply to
W95Q96
Loading thread data ...

With those holdings, YOU should be having a PROFESSIONAL accountant handling your financial affairs.

Reply to
Sharx35

I have no idea how you did your research ... but, in my experience, your conclusion is wrong.

I use Q2008 Premier on a regular basis (since shortly after it was released) ... it is as reliable as any previous version of Quicken I have ever used (Q2000, Q2001, Q2001, Q2005 regularly - and Q2004, Q2006, Q2007, Q2009, and Q2010 for testing) ... and more reliable than most. [Frankly, I had more problems with Q2006 and Q2007 than with any other Quicken versions I ever used ... though I have always tended to think that most of those problems were more related to having multiple Quicken versions installed on the same machine.]

I regularly test with Q2009 and Q2010 ... and I do not see any more meaningful problems with them, than I do with Q2008.

I urge you to be extremely careful about the source of your research.

Reply to
John Pollard

I'm using Quicken 2008 and have not had any problems with it. When it is no longer supported I will upgrade to the newest version so that I can continue to do bank downloads.

As a side note, with the type of businesses your husband has, you would be better off using QuickBooks Pro especially if you need to track A/R or A/P. Quicken just does not do a very good job managing businesses. You need a real accounting program for them.

Reply to
Laura

Strictly just for the record, I did some research and found at

formatting link
the statements ubder "Key Dates":

1983: Scott Cook and Tom Proulx form Intuit. 1984: Intuit introduces Quicken, a personal finance software product. . . .
Reply to
Andrew

BeanSmart website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.