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Competent package.

2002-08-18
I decided to finally upgrade my old Quicken 98, which Windows XP does not like to well. I ordered Quicken 2002 basic and discovered some very nice feature and aesthetic updates. Also, I can now track my stocks and investments quite easily with this software. That is nice.

However, I could not upload my old info (5 years worth) into the newer version. That is a big disappointment, but I am pressing on.

All in all, this is a great way to keep track of your important finances like checking, savings, and investments. It has a great and easy to read chart on expenditures so I always know what I am spending my money on. I like this package enough because it was fairly cheap compared to the others, and I know what to expect from my good old quicken.

Not better than earlier version 2002-08-02
I had used Quicken 99 Basic for a few years and was pleased with it. When Quicken 2002 was available essentially free with the TurboTax rebate, I got it. But, I haven't noticed an increase in value. Granted, I don't use the online bill paying features, so many there are some improvements there, but for the run-of-the mill stuff, I find it a lesser product.

First, it almost tries to assist you too much. It is always trying to suggest scheduled transactions and ends up cluttering up the reminders page. It seems very laborious to tweak those transactions that you do have scheduled for any given month.

Also, I think that they are misleading on the capabilities displayed on the box. It claims to have budgeting capabilities. However, the only budget function it allows is to view your spending versus budget. You can not establish the budget to begin with. I think the only reason I have any budget information in there is because it transfered when I upgraded from 99 (which did allow you to set a budget). Now, apparently establishing budgets is part of the "planning" function and that's not available on Basic, just Deluxe. It think this was very misleading.

Uploading Disaster 2002-07-06
I have been a Quicken Basic 98 user for some time and had used other versions of Quicken dating back to 1994 (starting on a Macintosh). I have been overall quite pleased with prior versions and the only reason I upgraded to Quicken 2002 was because Intuit elected not to continue to support online banking for Quicken Basic 98... In getting Quicken 2002 set up, I was unable to upload my last eight years of data to my laptop. I kept getting a message stating there was not enough memory although my laptop has a pentium chip and 96 MB of RAM. Before jumping out of the window of my 35th floor apartment, I decided to try installation on my desktop PC. Fortunately this effort was successful so my wife will have to live with me for a while longer. Maybe I just need time to get used to Quicken 2002, but the layout seems much less user-friendly and, quite frankly, a bit busy and confusing. I also had issues getting my online banking set up, although I attribute these issues to my lousy bank and not Quicken (why it should take 5-7 business days for me to get a password to enable me to utilize a service they will continue to charge me for is beyond me - and I only spent about 30 minutes on hold to get low level of service). Guess I will have fun not balancing my checkbook this weekend. Better luck to those of you brave enough to continue to utilize Quicken. Not sure I will go through another upgrade myself.

Stay with MS money -- this thing is a beast 2002-07-04
I almost couldn't believe that quality control let this out of the door at Intuit. We bought two new OS X machines and are switching from Win 2K. Quicken seemed logical to switch to on the Mac. I heavily use MS Money 2001 on the PC and knew the switch would be easy.

This software has so many obvious bugs it's terrible -- dates do not work properly, you can't schedule bills for anything except 2020 !! (?), the columns aren't movable so that when you view a loan the column cuts off the year for the payment listing.

I tried very very hard to switch, investing approximately 25+ hours over the past week. I am sending this product back to Intuit for a refund. I'll be buying virtual PC and running Money.

Perhaps if you use your financial program to simply keep a check register it would be O.K.

Don't waste your cash.

Disappointingly Flawed 2002-07-02
After a month or so of use, I've found many conspicuous and a few not-so-conspicuous bugs in this version of Quicken which make it decidedly flawed relative to previous versions.

First off, the installer doesn't work on UFS partitions, although you can install the software by just dragging the Quicken folder from the install CD onto your hard drive.

Next problem is that Cmd-Q doesn't quit the application! It's hard to fathom, but true.

Help won't open (maybe related to UFS and locating the help files). One of my transactions mysteriously un-reconciled and the re-reconcile function doesn't work. Trying to add a new subcategory crashes the application. You can't automatically pay credit card bills after reconciling. Etc.

Oh, and it _still_ can't handle stock options in a reasonable way.

No longer supported 2005-05-12
You can no longer upload bank information because the product is not supported. I could not register or use the software that I just purchased.

Misleading Product Ended Up Costing More 2004-03-27
Product was not full version as implied. In order to use it I had to call company and pay more money. Would never buy from here again.

Glad they stopped selling it 2003-04-01
Do not pay for this. This came preinstalled on my eMac. What a waste! It often quits unexpectedly! I was using Quicken Deluxe 99 on Windows 95 and I never had so many problems as I do with this version. The layout is unintuitive, and nearly unusable. It spawns a new window for every account. There is just so much that I can't do in this version that I could on the Windows version. Customization is one. Another is that the reports are limited to 64 columns, I had hundreds of columns QD99 under Win95. I could understand if the current Windows version had extra features but this is 4 years later! How Intuit could release such rubbish baffles me.

I am addicted to Quicken 2003-03-11
I have been using Quicken since it's early DOS versions. In my humble opinion, there is simply no better way to organize all of your finances. Most banks and credit card companies will allow you to download transactions directly into Quicken (no file download from the institution's web site, and then import into Quicken) -- I'm talking about knowing your recent credit card transactions within a day or two (in case you are not the type to enter them in right when you get home). Manage all your brokerage accounts, 401k, IRA, track your mortgage, car payment, etc. It is all there, and come tax time - you will be sitting pretty when you need to import your neatly categorized Quicken transactions into TurboTax or TaxCut.

You will not be disappointed, I highly recommend Quicken 2002 Deluxe or Suite.

Dropping the ball! 2002-09-11
This version has lost a lot of it's visual pollish. We can only hope an update will fix some of the features that have been LOST since earlier versions. In '98 I could change the fonts used for registers! No more. My eyes hurt to look at it. But alas, I have 10 years of my life in there, I couldn't jump ship now.