Online Banking vs Quicken and banking fees | Quicken 2008 Home & Business [OLD VERSION]

Upgraded from Quicken 2005 | Quicken 2008 Home & Business [OLD VERSION]

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	• Quicken 2008 Home & Business [OLD VERSION] Windows \| Intuit, 2007 view larger image
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Does as Expected

Long time Quicken user, new to business. This new version does well. Some of the annoyances are now gone. Doing my quotes and invoices is a great help. Setting them up was a bit of a pain but once done they look good and it's very helpful. I like it.

Online Banking vs Quicken and banking fees

This is more a comment about Quicken online services than that to review this version of Quicken. I "Love" Quicken overall features and capabilities. I have been using it as long as I can remember. It was a DOS program when I started. :)

Anyway, I'm concerned that the feature that allows Quicken to download transactions posted to checking, credit card and other accounts is being undermined by "some" banks.

They banks are adding on a fee for this capability. I've inquired with a couple of them and they say that it adds to their costs to provide this service and that using the online banking at their website is free.

I view it as another means of taking more of my hard earned money (nickel and dimeing) to enhance their bottom line. I hope this is not a trend that spreads. Fow now, I can live without the few banks that are charging fees for this.

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Upgraded from Quicken 2005

I recently upgraded to Quicken 2008 from Quicken 2005. I did this since the online downloading capabilities for Q2005 would end in April 2008.
(Quicken's policy is to support the current version, plus the prior two years)

I've been a Quicken user & fan since 1994. Quite frankly, I'm not overly impressed with 2008. It has a new navigation bar, a new look and feel, and some (very minor) enhancements. Underneath the look and feel, it acts just like Quicken 2005.

If you're familiar with Q2005, you'll feel (almost) at home with Q2008. Obviously, Intuit is having a challenging time making a great product even better.

Overall, I can't recommend upgrading to Q2008 if you're not forced by Intuit. There aren't enough compelling new enhancements to justify an upgrade. It's still a great product, but the upgrade to Q2008 isn't a major improvement.

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