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Reader Reviews 63 of 72 people found the following review helpful: Quicken Much better than Money?, August 13, 2005 Reviewer:G.R. "gara56" (Virginia) - First lets not compare apples and oranges. I've used Money since it first came out but I think Quicken is a much more comprehensive application. Heck--they've been around a lot longer than Money. There's even a guide for it--that more than I can say for Money. Unfortunately, the program is not for your casual user. For example, if you use the converter to convert money files, it can complicate/mess-up your categories in Quicken. Quicken comes with its own set of categories and the converter puts them on top of the existing ones creating confusion. In some cases it doesn't even attach them to the correct category. That means you have to clean it up yourself. I know because I've been working on it for the past two days and I'm still not satified with the results. I even bought the 482 page guide to help me in the process. Each program has its pros and cons. Quicken has much better report/charts/graphs. That's why I'm trying to change over. If you're just starting and don't have a lot of historical information I would swap to Quicken. On the other hand, if you have a lot historical information (at least 4+ years) like loans, credit cards, etc. I wouldn't make the switch. A lot of things can go wrong and you'll spend hours trying to figure out what happened. Don't buy this software if you're not willing to spend hours trying to learn it. |

