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Review by buttercup
So very glad I read tons of Quicken product reviews before choosing this one.nIt works great as have all the Quickens I’ve purchased over the last 15+ years.
Last spring my PC died, and I switched to Mac. I tried some of the banking software highly recommended for Mac, but it didn’t cut it compared to Quicken. The reviews for Quicken on Macs were worrisome, so I got this Quicken and put it on my husbands computer.
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Review by buttercup
It works just fine - but I’ve switched back to Turbo Tax.nAfter several years using H&R Block’s tax software, I’ve switched back to Turbo Tax.nThe first few years, H&R Block was significantly cheaper and worked just fine.nNow, though the prices seam fairly comparable - you have to wade through a ton of options:nState / no Statenon line filingn# of returns you can file…nAnyway, despite Turbo Taxes’ annoying perpetual marketing (I hate junk mail, junk email, robo-calls… )nIt looks like I’m back to Turbo Tax (at least for now)nIf life gets simpler - I’ll use the free software on the IRS website!
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Review by Buzz Stephens
I can’t be sure whether it’s Microsoft or Kaspersky, but one (or both) of them has repeatedly created a mess of my Dell desktop purchased in 2014 (Win 7 pro installed). Each of the most recent three times Microsoft downloaded Windows updates, my PC was unable to reboot or install the updates. Installation stopped about midway. I was eventually able to boot my computer in Safe mode, and from there do a restore operation to return to a previously installed version of my system files.
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Review by Buzz Stephens
I’ve used Norton products since long before they were acquired by Symantec. I wept when that happened…having had nothing but problems with Symantec’s software previously. Over the years, I saw my worst fears realized as each successive version of Norton Utilities and Norton Antivirus degraded under Symantec’s stewardship. That changed in May after my subscription to NIS 2008 expired, and I decided (aided by two rebate programs)to install NIS 2009. It appears they finally got it right.
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Review by Buzz Stephens
I’ve been using Quicken since the MS-DOS versions – for over 20 years now. Overall, I’ve been quite pleased with the program – EXCEPT for Intuit’s regrettable practice of releasing new upgrades(?) prematurely. For six months or so following a new release, the program is frequently unusable, untrustworthy, and utterly frustrating. Accordingly, I’ve adopted the practice of installing a newer version every five years or so. In this case, I just installed 2011 to replace 2006.