Product DescriptionQuicken Deluxe 2006 is the right way to take charge of your financial life. Achieve your goals without the headaches of searching for every receipt and old check. Whether you're planning some investments, trying to increase yoru savings or just avoiding falling into debt, you'll have the tools you need to make it happen. The simple, step-by-step interface allows you to plan for everything from tuition expenses to a new home. It even supplies instant answers about how your investments are doing. Quicken Deluxe also simplifies your taxes, with built-in Schedule A, B and D tax reports.
What Others Say
Quicken Wants Your Personal Info (+)
I've been using Quicken products since prior to 1999. Until recently I was using Quicken 2002 and decided to upgrade. I bought a 2006 Quicken software package and discovered that starting with this edition, Quicken FORCED you to use the internet and go thru their internet access to retrieve your own data from your bank. For security reasons I did not want to use my new computer on the internet but Quicken offered no other options. One is forced to supply Quicken with personal financial information instead of using a simple file download from one's bank. I felt this was outrageous and found other means, outside of Quicken to do my banking business. I will not buy Quicken products again.
Synchronizing Financial Institution data is a bad joke
My wife thought getting Quicken would make getting our financial info together and keeping it updated a breeze. We got this in late 2005 and started setting it up in January 2006. After entering loads of information and trying to get the online update to work with all of our various banks / credit cards / investments, it now sits idle, a year later. A total waste of our money and time. If you think that this is some well designed program that will make keeping tabs on your finances simple, think again. I have an accounting background, I am comfortable with collecting and collating financial information. Quickbooks just doesn't handle the easy quick update data well, and it still requires that you be diligent and enter transactions and ... Read More
And the third choice is...
I've been using Quicken since 1990, though I'd hesitate to say I'm a loyal user. Oh how I wish there was a company to come out with an alternative to Quicken or Money! Like the two internet services available locally, both are expensive and both provide poor service, but they are the ONLY TWO AVAILABLE. JayD's review below, "A less extreme view" is so true. So is the one by "Jo Gusto." The 2006 version of Quicken implemented a feature that rendered my carefully maintained database of investment accounts tied to on-line downloads utterly unmanageable. I probably would have gone back to the 2005 version, but I know that Quicken eventually disowns previous versions and makes it impossible to download tranasactions AT ALL! Us Quicken users are like ... Read More
Quicken Deluxe 2006
It is not much different from my 2004 version. Somehow though I have double records of some accounts. Some accounts have reappeared that were hidden. Overall it still works for my checking and other accounts. There should be some way to get rid of the double accounts without losing the other one.
I'm not as pleased with the last two versions as I was with earlier ones.
A less extreme view
Seems you either love Quicken or hate it. I'd like to give an unbiased review, if that is possible.
If you look at reviews in magazines, they basically recommend quicken or Microsoft money by a nose over the other. I think you have to take this with a grain of salt. I mean, how much advertising money do these two giants pay those mags?
I've been using quicken over a decade. It seems each new yearly product offers more bells and whistles, a few design changes, but not too much else as far as useable programming. I liken it to car upgrades. They basically change the shapes and lights, but the bottom line is you just want it to get you back and forth where you need to go.
The most noxious thing about quicken is the cost. ... Read More
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