quicken for mac versus quicken for windows

#Quicken for mac versus quicken for windows pro#
#Quicken for mac versus quicken for windows software#
#Quicken for mac versus quicken for windows Pc#
#Quicken for mac versus quicken for windows windows#

Yes, VPC is somewhat slow (my iMac ‘PC’ runs at the rate of a 486…remember them?) but is not too bad with Quicken.

#Quicken for mac versus quicken for windows Pc#

Hi There: It took me about 18 months of learning to move away from the PC world to the Mac world but I’m VERY pleased to have done it.

#Quicken for mac versus quicken for windows windows#

Note: The instructions for converting data from the Mac version to the Windows version are on the Intuit website here. Intuit, either make your products feature-for-feature comparable or stop stealing from us once and for all. Setting out and printing budgets a no-brainer. Picking and organizing categories is a breeze. Quicken for Windows keeps everything in a single, concise window that is clear to follow. Except for the aforementioned ads, the user experience is night and day. That way it will be easier to pass the data along to the next Treasurer/Bookkeeper. So why am I comparing it with the Windows version? I am keeping the books for the school PFO and since everyone on the Board is a Windows user, I got the $50 Quicken 2005 Deluxe to keep all the data. Only good thing about the Mac version is that you are not bombarded with Services ads and come-ons. Go shopping on the Intuit site and you’ll see a “View Demo” button next to the Windows versions of Quicken, but no chance to preview the Mac version. I don’t use it for investment or long term planning. Now mind you, I only use Quicken to handle our banking accounts, credit cards, loans and budgets. So there!” I learned the very hard way that when I’m done searching, I better hit the “close” button to get rid of the search box instead.

Quicken 2005 for Mac also has more than its share of bugs…like if you search for something in a register, and you get to the end and it says “Do you want to continue searching?” and you click “No” then Quicken says “Ha ha on you, stupid Mac user, I’m going to waste your time by searching through every single register in this file with absolutely no way of stopping the process or using Quicken for anything else until I’m done. I thought maybe it was just me, but could the interface be any less usable? Windows, windows everywhere.

Eric and I exchange data and he has a PowerBook. All are happy.įor our home finances, I’m using Quicken 2005 for Mac. My CPA uses QuickBooks for Windows, I use QuickBooks for Windows.

#Quicken for mac versus quicken for windows software#

In a few months I’ll be working with a CPA to make sure my books are in order before the close of my fiscal year and had I been using the Mac version (or another software package) this would be a much more painful process than it needed to be. Aside from the constant ads and nagging to “upgrade” to expensive services I don’t want or need, it’s not bad. I already explained my decision process for choosing this package, and I’m not sorry.

#Quicken for mac versus quicken for windows pro#

I manage Mom at Home Design using QuickBooks Pro for Windows. In a perfect world, I’d using something else but I like 100% compatibility with others. I use Intuit products on both platforms by necessity. Squint real hard and you may be able to make out the little Mac box there in the back. You can see the pecking order right from the start when you visit the Intuit site: Intuit has waffled on Mac support in the past, and after using versions of the same software on both platforms I can see why Mac users for the most part hate Intuit and their software, and judging by the difference in the software for which Mac users pay $10 more I imagine the feeling is mutual. In short, when using Intuit Quicken 2005 Deluxe for Windows next to Quicken 2005 for Macintosh, you have to wonder why Intuit bothered with the Mac version.