Others say...

"Can no longer recommend Quicken"
Unfortunately, Quicken has continued its decline with this release. There are significant problems with screen display updates (unless you like staring at a flickering display while you wait for it to update), and, most importantly, is is almost useless for investment tracking, due to frequent errors from Quicken's update servers. Their tech support is unresponsive (I suspect all off-shore), and this has been getting worse for the last year.

Anyone thinking of buying this should spend some time in the forums and see what issues users are having before making the decision to depend on this.

I speak as one who has used Quicken since the very early days, but I'm out of here unless they put some resources into fixing issues.

"Lost eight years worth of investment data"
I am a saddened user of Quicken. I have recently lost eight years worth of investment data tracked by this software. I have understood pretty much all of the features, done 100% of my banking and investments there; have been backing my files up diligently at the preferred service `Connected'.

The tech support person has explained to me that sometimes the backup files get corrupted, and there is no way of bringing the correct information back. It appears that there was nothing I could have done to prevent this. There is no way of knowing when the corruption of the backup files starts, because the working screen is all correct.

I have received a polite "Sorry about the inconvenience". Now, I will have to start over using Microsoft Excel.

I will miss the one-screen preview of my total financial status, though.


"A real pain to use"
I wish I hadn't bought this product, but now that I have it, I'm kind of stuck. It's enormously unintuitive. It only fitfully downloads information from my bank account. It won't let me delete old, defunct accounts. It's difficult to navigate its menus. But, I will keep it since it lends some organization to our finances.

"Don't Do It!!"
We have used Quicken for years. Now with 2007 we have hit some problems for which there seems to be no fix. The worst thing is the support. All support is done in India, I don't care about that, but I do care that the support people are ill-trained, are not familiar with what the program does and cannot answer simple questions with correct answers. I have had nothing but trouble trying to find out when a simple check printing problem will be fixed, if ever. I would stay with the older version, if it is working for you and don't waste your money.

"Great for home finances"
I find this software to work fantastic for my bank records, investments and really enjoy the budgeting capabilities. I have used both Money and Quicken. In my honest opinion, either will suit your needs for home finances. I like 2007's home view, as it gives you a snapshot of where you stand financially for that particular day, and you can look at a graph and see where you'll be for the month. Getting set up is easy, and entering recurring transactions is pretty simple. The only reason I am giving it 4 stars is that it can get a little bulky when you delve into some of the reports. A little more simplicity, maybe even some cookie cutter reports, would make viewing some of the financial reports a little easier. Overall, if you are not using either Quicken or Money, you should try one of them out, it really makes life a little easier.