Since Quicken is forcing us Q2003 online banking users to upgrade by April, I'd like to try and make it as painless as can be.
To those who have used both or who monitor this forum on a continuing basis, which Quick version would you consider to be more stable -- Q2005 or Q2006?
Thanks!
Certainly not 2004! Been a user of Quicken since at least version 4, I have never had a bigger piece of **** software. It corrupts my file every other day! I'm going to write a conversion from QIF to QFX so I can upgrade and still import files from my 401K provider! Or maybe time to find something else!
That certainly was helpful................ ;-)
Q06, no question. This will also buy you a full 3 years before Intuit drops support...
Are there any downsides to 2006 over 2005? (I have 2005 Deluxe) Any reason to upgrade from 2005 to 2006? Larus
I haven't seen any compelling reason to upgrade from Q05. I only upgraded since I got it for free (Staples sale + Rebates)....
The selling point for me was document management - the ability to attach PDF files to either a account or transaction which was reintroduced in Q2006.
I just got my q2003 threat email from Intuit. I am not concerned since I download the data files from my accounts manually. I don't see qif and qfx formats going away anytime soon, the banks would have too many complaints. And there are at least 2 other money programs (not MS Money) that accept these formats, so if quicken vanished completely I would still be up and running.
If quicken wanted a loyal customer they would fix the bugs (the original post is about stability -- ROFL), listen to user complaints, and stop threatening and trying to force the shameless upgrade treadmill. Quality, not threats are what move me.
I have used both and they both seemed to have fewer problems than previous versions. 2006 is relatively new, but I have had good success with it. There are several problems (or weird features) that never seem to get fixed, but 2005 has some nice enhancements over previous versions and 2006 has some improvements over 2005. I have not had a major problem with either, but I have had them with previous versions. Therefore, I would suggest 2006.
The main issue (which I don't care about) is the decreasing support for QIF as the version number increases.
Peter
There is a lesson in that. I've been a Quicken user since 1987? Upgrades to the latest version of Quicken, is not trouble free. Q2004 last version is Release 5 should tell you how many major fixes occured, which it does online.
Q2005 is now R5 in October 2005.
You can find Q2005 for about $10-20 OEM. Do the above, and let it upgrade itself online to R5, a known stable version, better less features and stable.
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