Quicken for Mac = SUCKS! (Letter to Intuit & Apple)

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macvaultmacvault
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
Dear Intuit / Apple / Steve Jobs,



I have always felt a sense of deficiency with Quicken for Mac OS X. But today when I installed Quicken Premier 2006 on my Windows XP machine at work I knew exactly how big of a deficiency I was dealing with on the Mac. It's a HUGE difference! On the Windows version the UI is smoothe like polished glass and the features are abundant. The Mac version is a totally different story.



I am insulted that Intuit would think the features of the Mac version would satisfy a Mac user. I mean, compared to the Windows version... the user interface absolutely SUCKS ont he Mac version, the number of financial institutions for online/Direct Connect SUCKS, and the features totally SUCK! I mean, the biggest feature you guys touted when Quicken for Mac 2006 came out was that now I can put photos of my furniture in my PFM. Ooooh, Ahhhhh! WTF! Seems like I should at least be able to attach check/receipt images to my cash flow transactions, as is possible in the Windows version - just to name one feature I sorely miss.



Today I read somewhere that Steve Jobs is actually on Intuit's board. WTF! What's wrong with you, Steve? Either get off the board and have Apple make the world's finest PFM for Mac, or tell Intuit to get the Mac version up to speed! And we don't want a virtualized version running in XP on top of OS X. We want a NATIVE OS X PFM app - feature-for-feature comparable with the Windows version, and with all the same financial institutions listed for online connectivity! Come on people! Get with the party! I'm disgusted with Mac programs always being left behind the Windows feature sets, UI, etc. What gives?!?!



Thanks,



Macvault

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,464member
    Well that settles it. I may as well delete if from my mini. I'm not dealing with crap substandard financial software.
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  • Reply 2 of 6
    chuckerchucker Posts: 5,089member
    That's it, I'm getting a DELL.
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  • Reply 3 of 6
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,464member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Chucker

    That's it, I'm getting a DELL.



    Chucker ....noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!





    I see your point but my mini will have Leopard on it soon enough and I'll probably toss XP on it then as well. May as well run Quicken on the platform that offers the most features. Nothing new it has always been this way.
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  • Reply 4 of 6
    ipodandimacipodandimac Posts: 3,273member
    i happen to be very satisfied with Quicken 2006 for Mac. I don't what more needs to be there, but it does a lot more than I care to.
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  • Reply 5 of 6
    macvaultmacvault Posts: 323member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ipodandimac

    i happen to be very satisfied with Quicken 2006 for Mac. I don't what more needs to be there, but it does a lot more than I care to.



    Have you ever used either Quicken 2006 for Windows or MS Money? THEIR UI AND FEATURE SET ARE LIGHTYEARS AHEAD of any PFM on OS X! This is discraceful! This alone will make me have to run Windows in addition to OS X - which I do not want to do.
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    danceclimberdanceclimber Posts: 46member
    I feel the same way about the Palm desktop software. I keep my PC around just so that I can just Palm desktop for PC. It has many more features than the Mac version and the UI is also much better.





    I have been wanted to start using either Quicken or Money.





    So what do you guys like better?



    Quicken 2006 for Windows or MS Money







    Quicken supports Palm. So I might be more inclined to go that way. Although I have heard some people who strongly perfer Money. Thoughts anyone?
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