I wish I'd never laid eyes on this software.

"Problems with Quicken 2003 H&B", I have been a Quicken user for many years, and have never seen a product as unstable as Quicken 2003. Bank accounts that were solidly in balance somehow becomes "out-of-balance" and Quicken forces me to put an adjustment entry that is not needed. This then forces it out of balance, although Quicken says it is balanced. Huh? Also, the Backup utility somehow stopped working and stopped allowing me to create a backup file. I get all sorts of errors now. Maybe the other reviewers are right. I probably should switch to MS Money. Arrrgh!

"Too much, too little.", As a previous user of quicken basic and quickbooks, Premier version has just added lots of additional,unnessary and irritating options. Advertising for more of quickens features are displayed on every menu, screen and report/graph. Quicken basic has all the good fundamentals for the average guy or small business even, and if someone outgrows basic move right to Quickbooks Pro. Forget about messing with these useless features that add no value just cost.

"A Monumental Pain", I've spent the last three evenings trying to get accounts properly set-up. I've had a horrendous time importing my brokerage data even though it download all of it from my broker. It doesn't create reports, tells me the data for my stocks are unavailable because the symbol is wrong yet, though the symbol is corrected, it remembers the incorrect one! Nothing to do but delete and re-enter.

I've already uninstalled and re-installed the program twice because it doesn't completely erase transactions that are incorrectly entered. Further it doesn't integrate my paychecks properly. After entering year-to-date information and latest paychecks it determined I've earned $-342. from my job! I know I'm not paid nearly what I'm worth but jeez.... It came to this conclusion DESPITE the fact that I cross-checked each entered paycheck and they were entered correctly. And heaven forbid you're a wage earner with different statements every 2 weeks, Quicken likes to assume all your paychecks will be the same. Your company changes its pay schedule? You're screwed. It will demand a statement on dates which are no longer valid. Have a taxable benefit from your company that isn't listed in your pay? No way to enter it!

It doesn't import TurboTax 2002 data either!

This has been a terrible disappointment. For what I paid, $$. I feel I've been completely ripped-off. The online help is a joke. I hope MS Money is better than this.

"Quicken 2003 is a disaster!", I have had Quicken for 15 years and just upgraded to 2003 version. I have had nothing but problems with it. I just purchased a new computer and have tried to backup my quicken files on a floppy and a cd without any success. Though my original backup is there, I have tried to transfer and copy the
data without any success. It will not allow me to get that infomation. I have lost precious time in what used to be a simple procedure. There is no helpful technical support. I do not recommend this version at all and as soon as I can get out of it, I will go back to an earlier version.

With each new version comes another new interface to learn...and while not difficult, it does seem somewhat inconvenient. But policy changes that Intuit has implemented over the past few years have left me feeling increasingly as though they simply do not care about me as a customer once they have my money.

Issues such as poor, unkwnoledgable, and expensive technical support and an increasing amount of advertising for other services within the software are among those that have been the "straw that broke the camel's back".

I have been downloading and evaluating Microsoft Money since version 2001 and each year the product has steadily improved in it's capability while retaining it's simple and uncluttered interface. I find it's integration with the companion MSN Money website to be so tight and seemless that I frequently don't know if I am working in the program or on the website. Microsoft support is free either on the web or by telephone...long distance charges apply, but my only call to them was answered immediately. I believe the call cost me $.78...I can live with that!!! And this program is built and designed for Windows from the ground up!

If you are already a Quicken user...hey, it's your choice! I prefer the simple, powerful, clean and uncluttered performance found in MS Money! If you are a first time buyer and use a Windows OS, don't even look twice at Quicken...Money is the only program to consider in my opinion!

"Used them all....Quicken is the safe bet", I'm a long time (more than 10 years) Quicken user. My only beef has been that the interface has always veered away from the Windows standards. But it never lets me down. I recently took a mistaken journey and converted to MS Money. What a let down. Money is sexier than Quicken but is missing basic functionality and can't hold my 10 years of quicken data...slow as a snail unless i purged years of transactions. The final straw...the portfolio tracking does not allow for the most basic asset allocations. Doesn't show International asset category.

If you only do simple checkbook tracking either product works fine...but if you want to track your whole financial picture...run to Quicken!

I ran back to quicken and life is good again!

"A Very Nice Upgrade from 2001/2002", I have been a Quicken user since the very early DOS versions. I have upgraded with each new version, many times disapppointed in the new features or interface. The upgrade from 2001 to 2002 was particularly disappointing. The interface did not change much and where it did it took a step backwards.

Enter Quicken 2003 Premier. The upgrade to the interface is the best in years. The only criticism that I have is that Intuit does have to work on allowing the user to have more control over the features on the screen. For example, there is a wonderful account bar that you can move to the left or right of the screen, but there is no way to hide it. In certain screens, such as the register screen, it would be nice to have a clean interface.

If you have a reasonable investment portfolio you will really appreciate the added tools that Premier brings to the party.

Overall, I highly recommend this upgrade for current users and this software for new users.