Customer Reviews
Thanks, TextbookBiz 
2005-03-09
I'm glad I read TextbookBiz's warning regarding product registration. My friend uses PA 2005 and it seems easy enough, even though previously I had used Quickbooks (a few years back). I liked PA 2005's interface, so I came to Amazon to buy a copy for myself. There are people selling "new & used" for 1/5 the regular price, and I was naturally suspicious. After reading TextbookBiz's review I called up teh publisher on my dime and, indeed, they told me once a copy is registered, there's no way to re-install it, so you cannot install teh same copy on two PCs and you cannot transfer / sell the copy to someone else!
Of course, this is irksome for legit users, too. This is basically product activation, and you cannot use it on more than one computer. For $180 I really expect to be able to use this on all my PCs. I'd even be willing to send the company a picture to prove these are indeed my personal computers.
Thanks to TextbookBiz, I did not fall for the scams in the new & used section. I hope Amazon removes those listings.
Beware of Registered Peachtree Products 2005-02-11
Once a Peachtree product has been registered, you cannot legally sell it to another person. I know this fact from experience. After migrating to QuickBooks Pro, I contacted Best Software to find out how to "unregister" my Peachtree Accounting 2004 in order to sell. The customer representative informed me that once I registered my product, it had become mine, PERMANENTLY. At the very least, the only option available to me was disposal.
So before making your Peachtree purchase, make sure the seller has not registered the product. Also, keep in mind that Peachtree software must be registered after fifteen uses, or else you will be locked out. And once you register, Peachtree is yours FOREVER!
User hostile 
2005-02-02
Technically, this is a review of the 2004 version since I'm shopping for an upgrade. However, after reading the first review of this product I am going elsewhere, too. The Peachtree tech. support people I spoke to when I bought the software (3 of them) were rude and so uncooperative you wouldn't believe it. My accountant insisted I use Peachtree, but he's not getting his way in 2005. I use MS Money Small Business for everything but payroll and now I'm thinking I may need to subscribe to that through MSN, too. Peachtree is not only NOT user friendly, it is VERY user hostile.
There are better software! 
2005-01-15
I give it 3 star, because it is been around for long time, but...
Please look around and be more futuristic.
Peachtree has lots of unfixed bugs and is out dated. I tested some software and found some really good, with reasonable price: BusinessWorks, Small Business Manager (microsoft.com), Quick Business Manager (bisaim.com),Vision Point 2000 (ACCPAC), BusinessVision 32 (Softline).
Good Luck in your search.
As bad as the Complete peachtree with fewer features! 2005-01-13
We are not in an industrial age any more! We want better software, much easier to use, and better interface. Why Peachtree is that hard? Remember DOS? How hard it was when Windows came about? Now peachtree is like that if you have used better software: Old tech.
Look for anything else 2006-09-01
I have used Peachtree for a few years (I am using 2003 Complete Edition) as the accounting software for my small business. I work in software; this package is as badly designed as it gets. It's awkward, clumsy, confusing, inconsistent, and painful. It doesn't get any worse. Plus, I get "offers" constantly for "upgrades" that get me all of $10 off the retail price. I can't imagine paying another cent on this weak excuse for a product.
Peachtree Brings Down Visual Basic 2005-05-29
We have VB6 and VB.NET installed on our machines. We installed Peachtree Accounting on one of these machines. The Peachtree product degrades VB6 and, since our business is creating VB6/.NET software it is a threat to our business. Example, everytime we start VB6 Peachtree Accounting goes into its install process, however, it is already installed! Another example, everytime we complie a VB6 application (that is everytime we try to execute it in testing) Peachtree Accounting goes into its install process! This is bizarre. To add insult to injury the customer must pay for Best Software's support. So here we are with defective software that comprimises our ability to do business and we have to pay to have Best fix what is their poor quality software!!??? Bizarre.
Importance of Peachtree Software to end user 
2005-05-28
I have been using Peachtree Accounting and Quickbooks software for the past eight years and I think Peachtree is better in terms of presentation especially for the financial reports.
In Quickbooks, anybody can use it in terms of compilation of books but the reporting is not presentable enough to impress the end user especially the big bosses, while in Peachtree Accounting it is more complicated to non accountants but the financial reporting is more impressive.
Small business user... 
2005-05-11
I'm an engineer and normally I don't write review at all, except for this time. I started a new business a year ago and I've been looking for an accounting package to run the business. While searching, I'm using MS excel for a while. It's OK but I spend too much time to set it up weekly and enter daily expenes and sales journals. And I have not mention the time that I spend to maintain the customer, Inventory list and do payroll. To make a story short, I have another fulltime job and I can only work on the business book at night. Each night, I would spend at least 2-3 hours and I can't afford this because I have 2 small kids too.
Since I brought the PeachTree 2005, I only spend 15-30 minutes to to all the needed tasks and run all different reports as I could not do in the spreadsheets.
I have to admit that the software a bit confuse and hard to set it up in the begining especially for those who has no acounting backgroud. To start all I need is to import the customer list and the inventory then it's ready to use. Once you start use the software, and you can fine-tune what you need. Accounting is very principal but each business runs it differently.
Over all I'm very happy with the product although I'm still learning new features from it every day after using it for 4 months.
Want a refund.............. 2005-03-19
I am totally disgusted with this Peachtree Accounting 2005. Bought it in December, have not used it yet cause it is so darn complicated. Been reading the "User's Guide" that comes with the software and finally made a call to the tech support (it was still free-not charging me yet)to ask them. Told them we were a small company, I wanted to know how to enter our employees and let ME figure their paychecks without entering tax tables or buying their tax service. The tech told me how and I asked him to give me a page number in the "User's Guide" so I could look it up and follow along. Well, guess what?? It is NOT in the "User's Guide"!!! Not sure what good a "User's Guide" does for me if the company only puts in instructions that benefit THEM-they want you to sign up for The Peachtree Payroll Tax Service, which of course, is NOT free. Also, talked to our personal CPA and he said you almost had to be an accountant to be able to use it. So I have given up!!!
