Customer Rating:  
Summary: You're renting the software, not buying it
Comment: Quicken really needs to acknowledge that they are renting this software to you for 3 years; you aren't buying anything that will work beyond that. They sunset their software every three years, crippling it to force you to upgrade to a newer version. I can understand not releasing patches, and not supporting a product, but there's no reason to disable features that are working just fine. I really wish Quicken would just be upfront, bill this as a subscription service, and charge us $20 a year. I don't really want to take the hit to migrate over to another solution for financial tracking, but if you can avoid getting tangled up in their web, avoid this product, unless you don't mind being forced to shell out more money every 3 years.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Simple Upgrade
Comment: We always get the latest version so we have the benefit of the latest tax tables etc. It's a good product. We would have given it 5 stars but we haven't seen anything yet that's new in the upgrade that's especially eartshaking. The upgrade installed without a hitch on both an XP Professional PC and a new Vista machine.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Consistantly worse with each passing release
Comment: Apparently sometime around the turn of the millenium, Intuit decided to just milk its existing customer base dry.
If you are a long time Quicken user, theres nothing new here. Stay with the version you have until they force you to move
Customer Rating:
Summary: Quicken
Comment: The item was ordered Friday after Thanksgiving and was received the following Monday ! I was very surprised, thinking that it would take longer. I want to thank the vendor for his courtesy and promptness.
The product stands on its own and is reviewed by others more proficient in evaluation.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Quicken Premier 2009 Review
Comment: I only upgrade Quicken once every 4 or 5 versions. Since I reloaded my machine and 2004 support was disabled, I decided to buy a new version. I was pleasantly surprised it was available for download coming in at under 70MB. 2004 comes in at a whopping 300+MB!
The interface changed a little across this many versions, but I have found it thus far fairly intuitive and somewhat easy to use. I do not like that I have to spend over $50 to get the same capability I spent $30-something for that many years ago. I suppose I should have bought 2008 if that was an issue. I considered it, but actually found 2009 for a cheaper price after doing extensive web searches.
If you need software to manage any kind of finances, I would recommend it. Just read the fine print as to what you get with each version. If I didn't pay attention, I would not be able to track my investments with a lesser version of the software.
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