Others say...

"Don't mix this product with Leopard!"
After spending two days struggling with Quicken 2007 on my new MacBook and four hours following troubleshooting instructions from Quicken's tech support (yes, it is very third world), I have given up. "Something is corrupting your file," the second tech said. Brilliant conclusion: no keyboard entry was possible in one of the registers, and the balances were changing before my very eyes in all of the registers as I moved among them. No amount of index-rebuilding, exporting the file from Quicken 2004 and importing it into Quicken 2007, deleting accounts and creating new ones, even completely reinstalling Quicken 2007 got rid of these problems. Finally the second tech admitted that the problem--repeated corruption of the data file converted from Quicken for Mac 2004 on my old PowerBook--was probably Mac OS 10.5--10.5.2, in my case. The old G4 PowerBook, running Quicken 2004 under Tiger, now sits on my desk beside its new MacBook mate. Apparently I will have to run two Macs: the PowerBook will have to serve as my Quicken machine for the foreseeable future. I'm certainly glad I did our taxes (with TurboTax and Quicken 2004) on the PowerBook!

"Better than the reviews suggest!"
I had avoided buying a new version of Quicken for my Mac based on the long string of lousy reviews I've seen on this and other sites, but I recently was forced to upgrade when I bought my new MacBook. The old version simply would not work on my new machine. I wish now I had upgraded sooner!

It installed without a hitch and did a good job importing my (very) old QData files into the new version. I ran into a small problem getting it set up to download transactions directly from my credit union due to ambiguous account numbering which resulted in transactions going into the wrong accounts, but I just started over, reimported and voila!

I have set up my accounts for direct download from both CU and credit card companies. The set up is easy and works flawlessly. I have also set up for bill pay through my CU. Again, a snap.

Perhaps if I had used the PC version of Quicken I would be disappointed but I have not and I am not. This new version has hugely simplified my personal accounting and much reduced the amount of time it takes.

I highly recommend this product

"Best software for personal finances for the Mac OS-X."
After reading many negative reviews, I decided to investigate the alternatives before buying a personal finance manager for my Mac OS-X and downloaded their respective programs and installed them. They were all worse than Quicken and with lesser capabilities; some even crashed the uncrashable Mac OS-X. I had to remove the battery and unplug the machine for it to get out of the total freeze.

Finally I went to the store and purchased Quicken 2007 for the Mac. It installed without any problems and works just fine.

What is somewhat cumbersome is to migrate the data from your PC to your Mac, if you already have a PC version of Quicken. There is a pdf file that you have to download from Quicken which explains the process in detail. Without reading that file it is impossible to figure out the migration procedure.

Once installed and the data migrated, it is a breeze. It works just fine. The feel is different from the PC, mainly because of the differences in the user interface of the Mac, but not because of bugs or defects. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5, only because having become accostumed to the PC version for so many years, it felt somewhat awkward at the beginning.

If you are used to the Quicken for the PC, and to the reports, the data entry and the reconciliation procedures, you will not be happy with any of the alternatives. Quicken 2007 for the Mac is still better than all other programs on the market.

"Does what it's supposed to do"
Very user friendly. Easy to set up and the widget is a cool little add-on. Definitely worth it.

"Save your money"
Having used three different versions of Quicken over the years I find that they have become progressively worse. In the 2007 quicken for the Mac this is the worse one yet. It appears that the developers have gotten lost in the high finance end and this program no longer functions well as an instrument for keeping one's check book. Some of the issues are:
Screen display not adjustable so you can barley read the characters on a 20 inch screen.
The bell or chi-ching is gone so you have to look to make sure your entry happened.
The payee field will not pop up instead they make you go back into the menu and pull it up.
Deleting an entry is now extra work.

And the list goes on and on. In short they need to learn to walk before taking on space flight!