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Summary: Slowest Version of Quicken Yet
Review: I've owned all but two versions of Quicken going all the way back to the DOS versions of the 80's, so I'm no new hand at this. Quicken has taken one step backward with every two steps forward along the way to Quicken 2001. This version, the most diasappointing upgrade I've taken, they've taken two steps back. I use the Porfolio and Security Detail screens a lot. This version has slowed those screen displays to a virtual standstill. If you track more than a very small handful of stocks, this version will drive you nuts. Screens that used to display in an instant now take as long as seven seconds to display on my 200mhz Pentium II and up to three seconds on my 500mhz Pentium III. Scrolling through the charts on the Security Detail Screen is virtually impossible now. In Quicken 2000, this was instantaneous. My advice, stick with 2000 until Intuit decides to return to the program some sembelance of user friendliness. There are some new fields in the portfolio view in 2001 that weren't there in the 2000 version, but frankly, the snail's pace required to access these negates their usefullness. The rest of the 2001 "improvements" are all glitz. Wait for 2002 to see if Intuit reacts to customer disatisfaction (for once).
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Summary: Dedicated Quicken User
Review: I've used quicken for nearly 7 years now and have gone through many different versions. For the last several years, Quicken has become buggier and buggier. In this latest release, I've noticed many different, unacceptable bugs (at least 15 I've counted so far), have written Quicken support several times, and never received a callback or update. I'm very disappointed with this product, and after being a loyal Intuit customer, I may be going with the next version of Money when it is released. It seems to me, Intuit just released an extremely faulty product to make a quick buck. And, by the way, their customer service is horrible. The only way to talk to a customer service rep is to either call a 900 number or call a number and bill the time to your credit card. I definately do not recommend using this product!! Some of the bugs I've noticed are: When you click on Planning, you always get GPF faults (at least with my data file). When you reconcile, it will point you to items which have already been roconciled. It will calculate incorrect balances for your accounts and then bug you indicating your balance is low when in reality it isn't. When you pay something from the calendar view, it doesn't remove the old schedule entry. .....and many, many more folks. Simply put, don't waste your money or your time!!
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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: I've used Quicken for over 5 years. Until this version I've been a big fan. This version has many unacceptable bugs. It's added up the wrong total on my credit card accounts. It leaks system resources until it crashes. It fails to update the status on several of the windows until you restart it. The bill minder sometimes doesn't flag an uncoming bill. Sometimes it will stop updating the screen and will not minimize. I seem to spend almost as much time handling techinal problems as I do my finances. This version seems to be thrown together so Intuit could make a quick buck.
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Summary: How Not to Design a User Interface
Review: In the midst of the Internet bubble it was all the rage for companies to design user interfaces that looked like web browsers. Unfortunately, Intuit fell into that trap, with the result that Quicken 2001 is clunkier and harder to use than any previous version of Quicken I've owned. I stuck with it rather than find another bookkeeping package, so I guess it's not completely unusable, but if you haven't made a decision yet I'd suggest you keep looking.
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Summary: Bloatuit (Stick with your old version)
Review: Intuit has forgotten what made them great. I've been using Quicken for many years and this update is the worst by far. Customer support is terrible. On-line updates of stock prices crash my otherwise very stable system every time. Reconciling your checkbook is now more difficult due to the sort view which doesn't match your checking statement. Entering data into your portfolio is harder. Intuit seems to think it is all about feature bloat and looks instead of about simple intuitive interfaces. Maybe they should change their name to bloatuit.
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Summary: Intuit places customers last
Review: my favorite version of quicken was version 6.0. i resisted the urge to upgrade because i was so happy with the software. in fact the only reason i upgraded to the 1999 and 2001 were because i found 1999 in a $1 bin and 2001 i split the cost with my girlfriend at the time. otherwise i would have stuck to version 6.0. what i don't like right off the bat is the marketing embedded into the software. if i have to watch ads in my software then those advertisers better be sponsoring my software! the layout is completely different than in prior versions as well. i think they've changed the layout in every upgrade but i think this is confusing and unnecessary. it should be the user's choice to change the layout not intuit's. now what i like about the software. i like that you can now verify your imports. that's a beautiful feature but then again you can't delete all if you accidentally exported too much to file. i like the convenience web entry but the site to enter transactions in is very kludgey. i'd suggest landware's pocket quicken for entries on the go (although i wouldn't pay over [that much] for it). so basically it has a couple of nice features that i would have rather seen patched into 6.0 than in a radically different version of the software.
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Summary: SOME good new features but not worth the price
Review: my favorite version of quicken was version 6.0. i resisted the urge to upgrade because i was so happy with the software. in fact the only reason i upgraded to the 1999 and 2001 were because i found 1999 in a $1 bin and 2001 i split the cost with my girlfriend at the time. otherwise i would have stuck to version 6.0. what i don't like right off the bat is the marketing embedded into the software. if i have to watch ads in my software then those advertisers better be sponsoring my software! the layout is completely different than in prior versions as well. i think they've changed the layout in every upgrade but i think this is confusing and unnecessary. it should be the user's choice to change the layout not intuit's. now what i like about the software. i like that you can now verify your imports. that's a beautiful feature but then again you can't delete all if you accidentally exported too much to file. i like the convenience web entry but the site to enter transactions in is very kludgey. i'd suggest landware's pocket quicken for entries on the go (although i wouldn't pay over [that much] for it). so basically it has a couple of nice features that i would have rather seen patched into 6.0 than in a radically different version of the software.
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Summary: Quicken 2001 has advertisements that cannot be turned off.
Review: Quicken 2001 Deluxe's on-line help states: "You can turn off advertisements that appear in the Online Financial Services Center. Advertisements in other areas of Quicken cannot be turned off." Hmmm... Let me get this straight - Intuit thinks I'll use their financial services after learning that they won't let me control whether of not advertisements appear on my desktop using their software for which I paid a fair price. Linux users might find GnuCash a functional alternative. They'll remain in control. GnuCash is literally free and is also free of advertising.
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Summary: Stick with Quicken 2000
Review: Recently "upgraded" from Q2000 to Q2001 (R2). Big mistake. Much slower and loaded with bugs and shortcomings. I'll probably go back to Q2000, even with all the pain of re-entering data. Stick with Q2000 until Intuit fixes Q2001.
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Summary: Support is a joke.
Review: The only way you can get live telephone tech support is to pay by the minute. The best way to let Intuit know that this is not a good policy is to skip the current, relatively insignificant upgrade.
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