wiseman@tellabs.com (Jeff Wiseman) (02/05/91)
In article <91034.221831SC0FBUSW@MIAMIU.BITNET> SC0FBUSW@MIAMIU.BITNET writes: >Can anyone (or two, or three..) recommend a good personal finance program >that is similar (but better) than the current version of Quicken? The check- >writing and expense categories are great, but I also need something that >supports stocks and bonds. There really is only about 3 programs like this currently. MacMoney - Solid program, excellant support. Breaks its database into many smaller files (good or bad depending on how you view it) Main complaints seem to center around inflexable reports. Dollars and Sense - Very flexable program with a bad history of bugs, and weak support. Many users (myself included) insisted on staying with it even with the problems it had. A new version has just been released a ways back (v5.0) and the company is under a new organization. Reports are that all the serious database bugs have been fixed. Managing your money - most expensive and has a weak mac interface. contains features not used by a lot of people (eg. how to save for sending your son to collage). Some support problems have been reported. Some of the "special features" (such as stock tracking) can be mimiced in MM or D&S. My humble opinion. MYM is overkill for what you want and too expensive when compare to the first two. MacMoney is your choice if you just want solid support and a product that you don't have to worry too much about. D&S (my choice) still seems to have the most "options" to use due to its "generic" nature. If you want to try all kinds of different setups, it seems to be the easiest to work with. All the above is just a condensing of all the opinions and information that I have collected over the last 2 years and actually using these programs. Hope this helps -- Jeff Wiseman: ....uunet!tellab5!wiseman OR wiseman@TELLABS.COM