Never used Quicken before: Is this a good product to buy if using for the first time, or do I have to purchase the start up product first?
1081549
Better stay away from this Quicken used to be good. SInce Parsons bailed for big $$ it's continually faded into the sunset of lousy programer problems with no quality assurance.
1808670
Yes! I run two accounts on it, syncs up well with the bank and credit cards. I know what money I have, if I remember to add it to the register when I get home!
1440986
Agree with Scott. The free stuff is enough for me. You do need to set up an account on their website, enter your contact info for email or SMS, verify email or SMS, and assign your system to it for everything to work. This is a fantastic product and I highly recommend it!
146417
You will not have to restart, it'll just upgrade your account and as far as worth it? ABSOLUTELY in my personal opinion. Preferred/Founders bonuses are awesome. Definitely worth the $ when I bought it (was around $30-35 at the time I think?)
1677251
You get a trial membership to Office 365. After 30 days, you have to decide if you want to buy it. I like Office 365 and decided to get the one year renewable subscription because they give you free upgrades and the product is very comprehensive. I suggest that you go to Microsoft. Com and read about Office 365. If there is a tutorial, do it and then make your decision on the laptop purchase. It is a great laptop that is made well and has many functions. I like HP products including their printers. Hope this helps you.
2091759
Quicken is not as complete in accounting as is quick books. Quick Books allows for multiple businesses.
1397446
I really don't know. I tried Quicken but prefer Microsoft Money. I went back to using Money, although now I use MS Money Sunset, which can be downloaded from Microsoft at no charge and requires no activation.
375199
The Deluxe version definitely does, I just looked. I initially had Quicken Starter, but I never did a file import. ... because after I had it for a couple of weeks I received a great update offer from Quicken to the Deluxe version. I know this does not answer your question directly, but I can say this software package is incredible. I do a lot with the Deluxe version.
807180
I didn't have any rental property software prior to buying Quicken Rental Property Manager. Excel is all I used before Quicken. I know I'm not using all the functionality that's available in the application, but so far everything I've used I've been satisfied with.
2131941
I bought Quicken 2013, but I did not use it because it would not load data from my 2001 Quicken. I bought the 2002 version instead and found it very satisfactory.
1964522
No, The one I purchased had new software loaded, and stopped at the ready to run for the first time. I had to enter the product key on the unit to activate it.
347965
No, absolutely not. You log in the first time with your google account info (User name, password). If you don't already have an account, you set one up, for free, just takes a minute or two. This is a fantastic "computer". You can't install programs on it, and you need a printer capable of "e-Print", but this thing is lightning fast, full start up in 10 seconds.
1451905
Had the same problem. Quit using it and went back to using the 2009 version. Sent three days with quicken support with no results. Demanded money back an got it less sales tax.
1845241
It's starts right away. So instead of the standard 1 year you have 3 years. Honestly I thought it was a good deal. The reason I bought it was because it was for a small laptop for my mother-in-law who had never used a computer before. She is 77 and I just didn't want her to worry about anything. It is much cheaper than using Beat Buy. They live in the country so do not have much IT help available near them.
2256068
You have to buy checks specially designed for quicken. There are suppliers other than Q. Otherwise they work fine.
2128530
No, this is not a money management tool in that sense. But it does one thing well, better than Quicken or any other app: records who you owe, when it's due, and when and how much was paid, with alerts and reminders and such as needed. Frankly that's the only thing that was missing in my money management arsenal. Nothing else gives me-quickly, with no fuss-a snapshot of exactly how much needs to be paid out. A great app.
1903727
Yes. I converted to Quicken deluxe 2011 when MM was abandoned. Man I wish MM.....Anyway, this crappy program really is the next best thing out there and converts all your data without a hitch. I had 3 years worth of financial info that converted fine. The problem with this is the inconsistent crashes, inconsistent download errors from your bank (some days it works, others it doesn't) and other failures.