Sage has done a good job in revamping the Peachtree software though the interface still looks fairly dated and is somewhat confusing if you’re used to Quickbooks. The introductory tutorials are useful though a little superficial and as others have mentioned the anonymous data collection that’s impossible to opt out from is annoying and unnecessary for a business product. Targeted at small businesses, it may work well for some with uncomplicated operations since it has elements of Freshbooks and Quickbooks blended together, though for the price I’m sure many would prefer the cheaper cloud solutions offered by both.

For a small cash business (or basic accruals accounting), this is an easy-to-use and fully featured software package that can get you up to speed on your accounts quickly. Everything from bank account reconciliation to purchase allocations and receivables management is included, and even the payroll piece is relatively easy to use compared with other software I’ve tried (for some reason, payroll is often difficult to use). While the software works and I didn’t experience any of the setup issues that others have reported, it’s also a little pricey compared with other cloud-based solutions available for small businesses.

Sage has done a good job in revamping the Peachtree software though the interface still looks fairly dated and is somewhat confusing if you’re used to Quickbooks. The introductory tutorials are useful though a little superficial and as others have mentioned the anonymous data collection that’s impossible to opt out from is annoying and unnecessary for a business product. Targeted at small businesses, it may work well for some with uncomplicated operations since it has elements of Freshbooks and Quickbooks blended together, though for the price I’m sure many would prefer the cheaper cloud solutions offered by both.

I originally used WordPerfect and migrated to MS Office due to my work environment so it’s been more than a decade since I last tried Corel’s alternative office suite. Amazingly, as Office has become more convoluted since the 2010 version with useless task ribbons and endless security options, WordPerfect has stepped in to fill the void where you can find many lost MS users. WordPerfect is practically 100% compatible in file formats, has some great PDF tools and a massive library of extra software and content.

Everything that’s here is available on the Internet for free - there’s absolutely nothing that warrants paying for this product. The user interface is laughably bad and there’s a very basic interview which provides the ‘slightest’ of guidance of how to complete the paperwork. If the software were a free website, I would be disappointed so being asked to pay for this represents grossly poor value.nThere are some ebooks but these again contain very generalized advice that you can largely find on the Internet - clearly somebody thought that throwing these into the offering might make the $50 price tag seem more palatable.

Coming from the Adobe camp, I’ve come to understand their bizarre keystrokes, lack of Windows shortcut integration and strange menu placements - it’s almost a rite of passage remembering PhotoShop’s quirkiness to get anything done. That said, I’m not a graphic designer, and test driving Corel’s suite was much easier. Draw and PhotoPaint are very powerful and easy to use with great tutorial videos to get you started. The interfaces are very slick compared with CS4 and the software was extremely fast on a quad-core machine with two hard disks.

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Works as expected. Highly recommended AV.