nxh@meaddata.com (Nobuya "Higgy" Higashiyama) (02/08/91)
I'm using Quicken V3.0 for my personal financial planning, and I love it! I'm wondring if it's worth the extra $$$ to upgrade to V4.0. I understand that it has special functions for keeping track of investments, but I'm handling it already by treating it as a regular account. I'd love to hear from all you folks who have upgraded from V3.0 to V4.0. Please email. Thanks! Higgy -- Nobuya "Higgy" Higashiyama | ____/| Mead Data Central, Dayton, OH | \ o.O| Vote for Bill in '92! nxh@meaddata.com (or) uunet!meaddata!nxh | =(_)= *** Disclaimers are only for wimps! *** | U ACK! THPHTH!
bob@omni.com (Bob Weissman) (02/08/91)
In article <2746@meaddata.meaddata.com> nxh@meaddata.com (Nobuya "Higgy" Higashiyama) writes: >I'm using Quicken V3.0 for my personal financial planning, and I love it! >I'm wondring if it's worth the extra $$$ to upgrade to V4.0. I understand that >it has special functions for keeping track of investments, but I'm handling it >already by treating it as a regular account. Quicken 4.0 will be useful to you if you have investments, such as stocks and bonds, which don't maintain a constant share value (as do some money market funds). If all your money is in bank accounts and constant-value funds, the extra features in 4.0 won't be of much use to you. Of course, it's so cheap that wondering whether it's "worth it" is kind of silly. I look at it as a no-brainer: IF you have varying-value assets, THEN you should get 4.0. One unreleated feature that I like is the ability to memorize reports. I.e., you set up a report template ONCE, including customization and filtering, then save it as a named, memorized report. You can then run the same report later without having to regenerate the template. Quicken tip du jour: Having trouble tracking down those pesky uncategorized transactions? Just do a report with a filter of Category matches: ~.. to see them all. [Disclaimer: I don't work for Intuit, but my wife does.] -- Bob Weissman Internet: bob@omni.com UUCP: ...!{apple,decwrl,pyramid,sgi,uunet}!omni!bob
bruce@chumley.UUCP (Bruce L. Stewart) (02/09/91)
In article <6223@borabora.omni.com> bob@omni.com (Bob Weissman) writes: >In article <2746@meaddata.meaddata.com> nxh@meaddata.com (Nobuya "Higgy" Higashiyama) writes: NH>> [ ... request for upgrade experiences deleted ... ] BW>Quicken 4.0 will be useful to you if you have investments, such as BW>stocks and bonds, which don't maintain a constant share value (as do BW>some money market funds). Absolutely. The ability to track investments (multiple accounts), share prices, portfolio performance, etc. is excellent -- and well worth the price of the upgrade. I've used Quicken since version 2.0 to run my personal and business finances, and it just keeps getting better! [ ... other text deleted ... ] BW>One unreleated feature that I like is the ability to memorize reports. BW>I.e., you set up a report template ONCE, including customization and BW>filtering, then save it as a named, memorized report. You can then run BW>the same report later without having to regenerate the template. Right again. Memorized reports was a long-overdue feature. In a nutshell: Upgrade. You can't go wrong with 4.0. >[Disclaimer: I don't work for Intuit, but my wife does.] I don't work for Intuit, either ... and I'm not married 8-). -bruce stewart -- --- Bruce L. Stewart (the digital demento) --------------------------------- Responsive Designs UUCP: uunet...!{pacbell, lll-winken}!chumley[!ziffle]!bruce Disclaimer: There is NOOOOOOO Rule 6! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------