New PC with Windows 7

dumb question but.... why would you base a decision to spend hundreds of dollars for a PC based in whether it has a $50 app installed on it?

sQueezBox® wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Most PCs that come with Quicken, have it as the Basic or starter edition. It requires $$$ to get the full edition, more if premier rather than deluxe. Moreover, if you have Quicken already (current or last year or 2), you can just install it on any new computer. You are allowed to install on something like 3 or so computers in your household.

Hmmm. Spend $700 or so on a new PC then BITCH about the absence of a program costing a fraction of that?

Your post suggests that a user would need to spend a LOT of money to get a useful version of Quicken - which I think is not true.

In my opinion, anyone who can't afford to purchase Quicken Deluxe - no more often than once every 3 years; and less often, if they don't need to download - doesn't have the need for any Quicken-desktop-like product. Quicken for the desktop is incredibly cheap ... especially for the tasks it can perform.

Folks who think Quicken for the desktop is expensive ... should consider products like Quicken Online, or Mint.

Folks who think Quicken for the desktop is expensive ... should consider products like Quicken Online, or Mint.

My cost at Staples was $30 for Quicken Deluxe after mail in rebate.