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From: J Anthony Clapham on 22 Jan 2010 17:44 Yes, I am moving to Moneydance finally, after what must be almost 20 years (the original DOS version) ... I tried MD 3 years ago (the last time we were obliged to buy a new Q version) and it didn't work out so I bit the bullet and bought Q2007. Nothing changed in terms of functionality, I was just able to continue to download. My issue is the corporate arrogance of these people to announce they will 'sunset' something we paid for, this smacks of Microsoftism, another of my issues. I have spent quite some time setting up Moneydance and finally I'm getting there, no major issues and downloads are working fine .. so far I have not bought it.
From: John on 22 Jan 2010 19:57 J Anthony Clapham wrote: > Yes, I am moving to Moneydance finally, after what must be almost 20 years > (the original DOS version) ... I tried MD 3 years ago (the last time we were > obliged to buy a new Q version) and it didn't work out so I bit the bullet > and bought Q2007. > Nothing changed in terms of functionality, I was just able to continue to > download. > My issue is the corporate arrogance of these people to announce they will > 'sunset' something we paid for, this smacks of Microsoftism, another of my > issues. > I have spent quite some time setting up Moneydance and finally I'm getting > there, no major issues and downloads are working fine .. so far I have not > bought it. > Thank you for pointing out Moneydance! They have a Mac version. I'll be looking at it seriously soon. I was waiting for the Mac Version of Quicken2010 next month. It sure looks like I now have a much better option!
From: David Arnstein on 22 Jan 2010 20:00 In article <jO6dnb3QtJr2t8fWnZ2dnUVZ_qWdnZ2d(a)pghconnect.com>, J Anthony Clapham <jacl(a)operamail.com> wrote: >Yes, I am moving to Moneydance finally, after what must be almost 20 years >(the original DOS version) ... Intuit has all but destroyed the Quicken product line, so many of us will be forced to follow your path. Please post your experience with Moneydance, I would like to know what you think. Did you evaluate Ace Money too? -- David Arnstein (00) arnstein+usenet(a)pobox.com {{ }} ^^
From: John on 22 Jan 2010 23:34 David Arnstein wrote: > In article <jO6dnb3QtJr2t8fWnZ2dnUVZ_qWdnZ2d(a)pghconnect.com>, > J Anthony Clapham <jacl(a)operamail.com> wrote: >> Yes, I am moving to Moneydance finally, after what must be almost 20 years >> (the original DOS version) ... > > Intuit has all but destroyed the Quicken product line, so many of us > will be forced to follow your path. Please post your experience with > Moneydance, I would like to know what you think. I just downloaded and printed an 83 page manual. (I like to study printed vs. online manuals). But I did google and read a lot of positive testimonials. A lot of its users have abandoned Quicken and are ecstatic about it! > Did you evaluate Ace Money too? Another one I hadn't heard of, but I just googled and it is native Windoze only. I won't run it. No matter it is one of the probably two applications that purport to run with wine. I simply won't do emulators. Native Mac or bust. Moneydance seems the ticket so far.
From: Ken Blake on 23 Jan 2010 11:07
On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:34:12 -0500, John <jhy001(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > David Arnstein wrote: > > In article <jO6dnb3QtJr2t8fWnZ2dnUVZ_qWdnZ2d(a)pghconnect.com>, > > J Anthony Clapham <jacl(a)operamail.com> wrote: > >> Yes, I am moving to Moneydance finally, after what must be almost 20 years > >> (the original DOS version) ... > > > > Intuit has all but destroyed the Quicken product line, so many of us > > will be forced to follow your path. Please post your experience with > > Moneydance, I would like to know what you think. > > I just downloaded and printed an 83 page manual. (I like to study > printed vs. online manuals). But I did google and read a lot of > positive testimonials. A lot of its users have abandoned Quicken > and are ecstatic about it! I've been away on vacation. Having just come back, the is the first I've heard about Moneydance. May I ask you (and anyone else here with an opinion) to tell me exactly what about Moneydance is preferable to Quicken? I'd also like to hear about any disadvantages of Moneydance, if there are any. I'm willing to abandon Quicken in favor of Moneydance if it makes sense for me to do so, but I'd like to know more about why I should (or shouldn't). Also my bank is Bank of America. Can you tell me if Moneydance supports it with respect to transaction downloading as well as having them make payments? Thanks in advance. -- Ken Blake Please Reply to the Newsgroup |