It’s not a one-star product. It can’t be. The interoperability with Office 2003 and 2007 alone makes it higher than that. After all, people who get Office 2008 are commonly those who have used the Windows version of Office and need to continue working with those files. Say what you will about iWork, it’s not perfect in that arena. When dealing with school work and business assignments that call for these features, it’s just not acceptable to deal with anything but the best, and in those arenas, Office reigns supreme.

It’s not a one-star product. It can’t be. The interoperability with Office 2003 and 2007 alone makes it higher than that. After all, people who get Office 2008 are commonly those who have used the Windows version of Office and need to continue working with those files. Say what you will about iWork, it’s not perfect in that arena. When dealing with school work and business assignments that call for these features, it’s just not acceptable to deal with anything but the best, and in those arenas, Office reigns supreme.

I’ve been using H&R Block’s software for more than 10 years, and it’s the easiest of all to use. I’ve never had a problem with it.

H&R Block does it again…not only is their tax preparation product less expensive, I think it’s easier to use that Turbo Tax.

I buy this every year; it’s great!

Great, easy to use!

Excellent tax prep software!

I think my biggest issue with this product (ignoring the lack of a Mac version, or versions for Linux users, etc.) is that it, like the tax software that gets used each year, seemingly needs to be replaced yearly. Realistically though, the tax laws (in the case of the income tax processing software) change yearly and most lawyers would also advise that the laws surrounding and involving wills, estates, and trusts, also change on a regular basis.

I seemed to be on an evaluation kick for AntiVirus+AntiSpyware products lately, with Trend Micro providing the latest for me to check out. I will say that out of the box, I’m more pleased with the installation process for this product than I am with the uninstall process of the latest product I was evaluating (Sunbelt Software’s VIPRE product). I encountered ‘strange issues’ with the installation of that product that seemed to compound themselves when it became time to remove the product and switch to a different one.

I’ve had several versions of this software over the years and generally found it does a reasonable job if expectations are set appropriately. For a do-it-yourselfer that has a fairly straight forward set of requirements this software works well. On the other hand, if you have a lot of variables and variations away from the types of templates that this software uses and provides then the usefulness goes down and the need may quickly arise to visit an attorney and have them handle your affairs.