quicken 2007 vs money 2007

[vital]

I'm still deciding which one to get o anyone use any of these and would like to give a recommendation? Also, does anyone know any hot deals for Money 2007?

 

[SLCentral]

MONEY 2007 FTW. Honestly, Money is the one product MS puts out that actually kicks some serious ass. Quicken completely sucks in comparison.

 

[Goosemaster]

I just bought money 2007 deluxe for like $39 yesterday

hope its as good as the old ones.

For the msot part, quicken works for business stuff because I can get aroudn the quirkyness, but money's suave and excellent data presentation won me over...

 

[GeekDrew]

I've used the current (pre-2007) version of both products... and I absolutely *hate* MS Money. Quicken certainly has its faults, but I find it much better overall than Money.

 

[Chadder007]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
I've used the current (pre-2007) version of both products... and I absolutely *hate* MS Money. Quicken certainly has its faults, but I find it much better overall than Money.

What did you hate about the MS product?

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: Chadder007

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
I've used the current (pre-2007) version of both products... and I absolutely *hate* MS Money. Quicken certainly has its faults, but I find it much better overall than Money.

What did you hate about the MS product?

The user interface, IIRC. It was really early this year when I tried it (gave it several days... disliked it from the beginning, and it didn't get any better). I think that it did everything I wanted it to do as far as functionality goes, but the way it did it just bothered me, and the UI just seemed too.... PlaySkool, as though I needed hand-holding through every step of the way, that everything had to be polished, etc. I prefer UIs that do not show a lot on screen at once, and just let me do whatever I want to do without making me use a wizard or go through some convoluted series of steps that I can accomplish far easier in an alternate program.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: Chadder007

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
I've used the current (pre-2007) version of both products... and I absolutely *hate* MS Money. Quicken certainly has its faults, but I find it much better overall than Money.

What did you hate about the MS product?

The user interface, IIRC. It was really early this year when I tried it (gave it several days... disliked it from the beginning, and it didn't get any better). I think that it did everything I wanted it to do as far as functionality goes, but the way it did it just bothered me, and the UI just seemed too.... PlaySkool, as though I needed hand-holding through every step of the way, that everything had to be polished, etc. I prefer UIs that do not show a lot on screen at once, and just let me do whatever I want to do without making me use a wizard or go through some convoluted series of steps that I can accomplish far easier in an alternate program.

I get enough of the quicken interface with premier 2006..it's refreshing to use somethign else

 

[Goosemaster]

btw, I just checked my finances and Money 2007 yelled at me for spending so much money on crap

it hurt my feelings

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
btw, I just checked my finances and Money 2007 yelled at me for spending so much money on crap

it hurt my feelings

:brokenheart: :gift: :lips:

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I get enough of the quicken interface with premier 2006..it's refreshing to use somethign else

That's what I'm using right now... I haven't found any acceptable alternates out there.

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
btw, I just checked my finances and Money 2007 yelled at me for spending so much money on crap

it hurt my feelings

Use a product that doesn't do that unless you want it to?

 

[vital]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I just bought money 2007 deluxe for like $39 yesterday

hope its as good as the old ones.

For the msot part, quicken works for business stuff because I can get aroudn the quirkyness, but money's suave and excellent data presentation won me over...

$39?? You could have gotten it for $29 @ amazon

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: vital

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I just bought money 2007 deluxe for like $39 yesterday

hope its as good as the old ones.

For the msot part, quicken works for business stuff because I can get aroudn the quirkyness, but money's suave and excellent data presentation won me over...

$39?? You could have gotten it for $29 @ amazon

I paid for extended downlaod service

 

[Goosemaster]

4.5% on entertainment dammnit and it still won't stop yelling....


I went to lower the volume on my speakers and it started agin...

"oh don't you DAREdo that to me...when I speak you're gonna listen dammnit...now sit your butt down and listen you little..."


it got a little heated there

 

[vital]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: vital

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I just bought money 2007 deluxe for like $39 yesterday

hope its as good as the old ones.

For the msot part, quicken works for business stuff because I can get aroudn the quirkyness, but money's suave and excellent data presentation won me over...

$39?? You could have gotten it for $29 @ amazon

I paid for extended downlaod service

that's even worse!

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I get enough of the quicken interface with premier 2006..it's refreshing to use somethign else

That's what I'm using right now... I haven't found any acceptable alternates out there.

I use it for business...I couldn't stand to have to use it for hoem use. That and the reviews for money always put it above quicken....

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: vital

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: vital

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I just bought money 2007 deluxe for like $39 yesterday

hope its as good as the old ones.

For the msot part, quicken works for business stuff because I can get aroudn the quirkyness, but money's suave and excellent data presentation won me over...

$39?? You could have gotten it for $29 @ amazon

I paid for extended downlaod service

that's even worse!

I know


even money yelled at me for it

 

[xospec1alk]

they removed a few features in money 2007 that i liked, namely syncing w/ pocketpc, and automatically adding bills to your budget. now i have to automatically enter in each bill i have to pay each month into my budget, which blows!

however, i still like it more than quicken...quicken didn't sync up with my bank accounts as easily as money did, and frequently threw errors. with quicken, setting up my citibank account was a PITA, while with money it was a cinch, and after frequent errors with quicken, it would stop syncing entirely, and i would have to go thru the setup again.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
they removed a few features in money 2007 that i liked, namely syncing w/ pocketpc, and automatically adding bills to your budget. now i have to automatically enter in each bill i have to pay each month into my budget, which blows!

however, i still like it more than quicken...quicken didn't sync up with my bank accounts as easily as money did, and frequently threw errors. with quicken, setting up my citibank account was a PITA, while with money it was a cinch, and after frequent errors with quicken, it would stop syncing entirely, and i would have to go thru the setup again.

I remember issues like that with quicken '03 which I bought

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
they removed a few features in money 2007 that i liked, namely syncing w/ pocketpc, and automatically adding bills to your budget. now i have to automatically enter in each bill i have to pay each month into my budget, which blows!

however, i still like it more than quicken...quicken didn't sync up with my bank accounts as easily as money did, and frequently threw errors. with quicken, setting up my citibank account was a PITA, while with money it was a cinch, and after frequent errors with quicken, it would stop syncing entirely, and i would have to go thru the setup again.

I remember issues like that with quicken '03 which I bought

Interesting... I've never had a single issue with syncing w/ any of my accounts.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
they removed a few features in money 2007 that i liked, namely syncing w/ pocketpc, and automatically adding bills to your budget. now i have to automatically enter in each bill i have to pay each month into my budget, which blows!

however, i still like it more than quicken...quicken didn't sync up with my bank accounts as easily as money did, and frequently threw errors. with quicken, setting up my citibank account was a PITA, while with money it was a cinch, and after frequent errors with quicken, it would stop syncing entirely, and i would have to go thru the setup again.

I remember issues like that with quicken '03 which I bought

Interesting... I've never had a single issue with syncing w/ any of my accounts.

I think it was one of my USAA or other credit union accounts....

 

[MazerRackham]

Quicken is superior, at least 2006 vs 2006, IMHO.