Quicken 2011 release date

So it should be safe to use around, say, July?

Well I'll be snapping it up as soon as I can avoid paying the release date premium. And I just got back from dancing on my roof in anticipation of the Oct. 10 release date. ;-) It *would* be nice however, if Intuit would release a list of new/updated features and bug fixes. I mean, they have no real competitors anymore, so why keep us all in suspense till the last minute?

Regards,

Margaret

In addition to "a list of new/updated features and bug fixes," how about a list of newly introduced bugs? :-)

Notan

Because it's up to us to discover those! :-)

Not all that detailed, but there is a list on Amazon of this:

What's New in Quicken 2011 Improved--See Exactly Where Your Money's Going With Auto Categorization! Automatically categorizes more of your expenses with greater accuracy so you don't have to manually enter or edit them.

New--Stay on Top of Your Day to Day Finances Get a better picture of what you have coming in, going out, and most importantly, what's left over to spend or save with our completely redesigned cash flow graph. See how much money you have left after upcoming bills and income.

Improved--Find the Tools You Need, Faster The most commonly used features have moved front and center, making them easy to find.

Improved--Quicken Updates Faster Than Ever When it comes to your money, time is precious: Quicken updates your transactions using a speedier account download process.

Improved--Customize Your Register to Fit Your Needs The new Quicken layout lets you see your information exactly how you'd like: easily resize, sort and hide columns.

Pretty boilerplate, if you ask me.

Notan

This alone would be worth upgrading for me, if true.

Here is your "What's New"

I am hoping we can customize auto categorization. I share one credit card with my partner and we each pay half. I assign split transactions to every charge on that download but Quicken won't let me assign a split to populate automatically. I think this is a bug. I am not so much complaining here as mentioning it to see if anyone has a solution. It is about 5 minutes of extra work to pick the split from the memorized transactions. Still, annoying.

Why would you be so anxious for a new release if you don't know what the changes are? Even if you have an older version, are the new features sufficient to make the undoubtedly buggy 2011 vesion a better deal than a deeply discounted, nearly fixed 2010?

I caught a glimpse of snipped-for-privacy@nada.com on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:33:23

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I used early versions of Quicken but switched to MS Money 2004. Since Microsoft announced they were discontinuing Money I purchased and installed Quicken 2010 which I'm still learning but so far I feel more comfortable running MS Money 2004 in parallel.

I was in a similar siutation and use Money until it expired early this month and I could no longer use bill pay and online update. Quicken 2010 is OK but was very difficult to set up with my bank. I finally found someoen there who knew how to do it. I'll live with it as there seems no other option to use my banks free bill pay, but Money did better for me.

I caught a glimpse of snipped-for-privacy@nada.com on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:29:25

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What version of Money were you using? I'm still using MS Money 2004 which hasn't expired and still working. Still checking out Quicken 2010 though.

Ah yes, I see where it might seem odd that I'd be after something I know little about. Well, I spent 20+ years working in the computer and networking industry, so I still love to get my hands on the latest and greatest ASAP. I always ran Microsoft's pre-release/beta OSes the minute I could get my hands on them. So I guess it's the same with Quicken, which is relatively inexpensive to buy sight unseen.

Now that I've seen the list of improvements kindly posted by someone (sorry, forget who) earlier in this thread, I do indeed want to upgrade as soon as I can. I don't suppose the changes will be that momentous, but a few of the items look interesting to me, especially the supposed improvements in OSU.

Also, I've found that by upgrading more frequently (instead of waiting years in between upgrades) tends to lessen the risk of major data problems or corruption, and certainly lessens what I call "GUI change shock." ;-)

It used to be my career, now it's my hobby, so there you have it. :-)

Regards,

Margaret

?Hi, Nobody.

Why is my 7-year-old Grandson so anxious for Christmas when he doesn't know what is in Santa's bag? And why am I so eager to see what the postman leaves each day?

New software, including new versions of what I already have, don't measure up to Santa, of course, but the feeling is akin to that. Plus, it gives me the chance to take another step up the learning curve. ;^)

RC

Money Deluxe

Margaret, I agree with you 100%.

I know some folks will think this is silly, but I also get the newest and greatest Q each year in part simply to give Intuit business for Q. I can't imagine doing what I do with Q on some other type of program -- gawd forbid I ever have to use Mint or some other cloud-based crap. I'll go back to

I have been using DOS and Windoze versions of Q every year since December

------------------------------------------------------------- Regards -

- Andrew

I'm with Margaret, Andrew and RC. I get a kick out of using new software. I always get the latest Q, although not always on release. Often, I'll wait either for next year's TT upgrade offers or, like Q10, come across an offer that I just can't refuse. I think that I've bypassed possibly one update in the past 20 years.

Also, I've found that I can help others better if I've already tried it. In some cases, I've even recommended skipping an upgrade.

Regards, Hank Arnold Microsoft MVP W> ?Hi, Nobody.

Regarding those who run, like sheep, to buy the latest software offering: there is an expression that applies: "A fool and his money are soon parted".