Comments on: Quicken Essentials Updated, Price Lowered

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:41:49 +0000

I too, requested a full refund after only a week of owning this weakest of offerings from Intuit. It was such a disappointment that I’ve even abandoned Quicken entirely for another package. After having waited 3 years for ANYTHING from Intuit, they only proved that they are not at all committed to Mac users. The whole point of an upgrade is to offer enhancements on top of a previous version. Quicken Essentials is a completely NEW application that does little to build on what came before it.

By: millca

millca — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:13:39 +0000

I’m glad Intuit isn’t giving up on the Mac but they do need to invest in hiring some true Mac developers so they can make quick headway on making Quicken Essentials actually “essential” for Mac users. I’m still using Quicken 2005 and won’t likely upgrade until they have added more functionality. As this article suggested, their current price even with the lowering to $49 is still too much. I agree the price should be $29 and I would actually buy it now and run it alongside Quicken 2005. Once it is full featured, I’d pay an upgrade price.

The tax-related features is pretty crucial for me, so that was good to hear that they’ll be adding this feature soon. I also want/need an iPhone app such as Landmark’s PocketQuicken on the Palm. I miss not having access to my finances while on the road.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:16:45 +0000

Does anyone know whether Quicken Essentials for Mac supports multiple currencies? Whilst I would be disappointed that QE is a stripped down version this is probably the most important point for me. If it doesnt support that my only other alternative to import 16 years of Quicken data would appear to be iBank, any users out there who’ve switched to this?

By: Dunc

Dunc — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:09:50 +0000

Kbond:

If it happens, I’ll be at the store with you.
I agree with you 100%

But I am sure discouraged. I had hoped that was the motivation behind the re-writing of this current rtelease.
I am afraid not though.

By: Dunc

Dunc — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:09:30 +0000

Kbond:

I’ll be at the store with you.
I agree with you 100%

But I am sure discouraged. I had hoped that was the motivation behind the re-writing of this current rtelease.
I am afraid not though.

By: KBond

KBond — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:13:26 +0000

Trying to stay objective here. I have been trying to switch to the Mac version for years and continue to run the PC version under Fusion. If they chose to do so, this situation could be corrected with sufficient resources being placed on the project. Honestly, nothing short of version that has the functionality of the current Windows program is acceptable.

I am one of those that seriously wants to convert over and be done with Windows. Intuit, I WANT TO BUY this product from you, but its gotta be functional first.

By: Khürt L Williams

Khürt L Williams — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:39:49 +0000

” financial software in the year 2010 that is not capable of writing a check”

Perhaps since it’s 2010, some people prefer to use online banking to issues checks directly from the bank. I’m disappointed in Quicken Essentials as well but check writing is way low on must have feature list.

I had been using Quicken for over 10 years but Quicken for Mac 2007 was so bad I stopped using Quicken altogether.

I think Intuit should just port the feature set of Mint to Quicken Essentials. Then adds some exporting functions. Oh and the ability my Quicken data back to Mint.com. Oh, what the heck, just make Quicken an online app and I’d be happy.

By: Michael Murdock

Michael Murdock — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:55:55 +0000

After finding out about the price drop, I decided to dive in and see what the program offered. I trashed it when it came out. But tonight I began to get impressed with the flow of it once it was installed and my 7 years of financial data was moved from my last PC backup of Quicken Home and Business 2007 into the app. This process was so fast I thought there would be some things missing, but there were not. Sure this program does not have everything that the full version of quicken for mac or pc does, but that’s not the purpose of the app. it’s to give you an overview of your finances in a quick glance. It does achieve that, yet it could be a lower price still, but the 3 year download storage is a nice additive and the faq actually had answers to questions so i am pleased with my purchase.

Michael Murdock, CEO
DocMurdock.com

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 05:31:36 +0000

Why is it so freakin’ hard for companies to keep similar feature-sets between their Win and Mac versions? They think they’re doing the Mac users a favor by wasting time by adding supposedly-awesome Mac-only features instead of focusing on keeping features the same. Microsoft does this too with Office. Very frustrating and I’ll continue to run Quicken 2006 till I hear that loan and investment management features have returned to Essentials. Quicken user since the mid-nineties but watching for decent alternatives.

By: tom

tom — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:11:25 +0000

Intuit is a crappy company that has always misrepresented their products. Over promise – under deliver.