We’ve compared the Deluxe version of Quicken 2002 with the standard version of Money 2003 in this review, as these products offer similar sets of features, although there’s a disparity of around £20 in price. Quicken 2002 remains a good-quality product, but it’s slowly slipping behind Money 2003 in terms of its features and online support. A number of Quicken’s existing features have been redesigned or extended, but there’s little that’s completely new in this version of the product.
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A Portfolio Analyser enabling you to assess all of your investment accounts in a single view is the most significant addition, but there are some clear improvements to existing features. For example, the arduous setup ‘interview’ has been streamlined - although at the cost of less step-by-step assistance for novices. Features are grouped into seven ‘centres’ addressing topics such as banking, taxation and investing. These cover day-to-day tasks such as managing bill payments, as well as giving an overview of your general financial situation.
There’s also a Reports and Graphs Centre for referencing Quicken’s copious analysis tools. Intuit has formed an alliance with the to provide online information about new financial products. There’s a ‘Web’ button linking you directly to the site from within Quicken, but beyond this, there’s little of specific benefit to Intuit customers. However, the Motley Fool is an excellent general resource for financial research. Technical support costs have been a long-standing bugbear for Quicken users, and this version of the product retains the same help charges as previous versions. The costly 75 pence per minute charge for phone support is still worth taking into account, particularly if you’re a first-time user.
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In addition to the technical support telephone line, there’s also a free support FAQ on Intuit’s Web site. However, at the time of writing - several months after the product’s release - there was still no Quicken 2002-specific FAQ on offer. Although there are some improved tools for online banking, only HSBC, Lloyds TSB and NatWest are directly supported within the product. You can also import downloaded QIF files from other banks as an alternative, but this is a much more cumbersome process. As a part of our testing, we successfully imported two QIF files, and also converted a Quicken 2001 file with no problems. Top ZDNET Reviews.
8.0 As well as the Deluxe product, there’s also a Standard version of Quicken (£29.95 inc. VAT) covering basic money management tasks such as tracking income and expenditure. However, it doesn’t include features like share price monitoring or budgeting. Intuit has also extended the range of Quicken products with this release to include a Deluxe & Business version (£69.95 inc.
Designers choice collection ceiling fans. VAT), which is suitable for tracking both personal finances and (very) small business accounts within a single package. In the past, Quicken was the unchallenged leader in personal finance software.
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However, some lazy touches, such as the lack of online support for the current version of the product, suggest that it is slowly losing its grip to Microsoft’s rival Money package. Even so, Quicken remains a functional and usable package that will continue to serve existing customers well. The US has seen the release of Quicken 2003, but no dates are yet available for the next version in the UK.
Specifications General Package Type Retail Distribution Media CD-ROM Software Min Supported Color Depth 8-bit (256 colors) Licence Type Complete package Version 2002 System Requirements OS Required Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Peripheral / Interface Devices VGA monitor Header Brand Intuit Compatibility PC Licensing Licence Pricing Standard Related Topics: Top ZDNET Reviews. By registering you become a member of the CBS Interactive family of sites and you have read and agree to the, and.
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The Good Revamped interface is easier to operate; Account Bar shows a live ticker of cash totals, investments results, and debts; integrates with new online Quicken Brokerage; available for Macs. The Bad Few new tools for noninvestors; substandard financial planning tools; phone support desk not available weekends or evenings.
The Bottom Line Quicken's new, improved interface makes it Microsoft Money's equal in the financial planning arena. Upgrade if you're using Quicken now, and switch from Money if you're a big-time investor. Visit for details. Intuit has finally given its personal finance program a makeover. Quicken 2003 Deluxe's $60 (before a $20 rebate for upgrades) updated interface is easier to navigate and delivers even more information without cluttering your screen.
In fact, Quicken's interface looks significantly cleaner than. All said, both apps do a stellar job of tracking your finances, but Money's superior service and support make it our Editors' Choice. Current Quicken users should seriously consider upgrading to 2003 if only for the new interface, and sophisticated investors should head for Quicken's Premier edition.
Intuit has finally given its personal finance program a makeover. Quicken 2003 Deluxe's $60 (before a $20 rebate for upgrades) updated interface is easier to navigate and delivers even more information without cluttering your screen. In fact, Quicken's interface looks significantly cleaner than. All said, both apps do a stellar job of tracking your finances, but Money's superior service and support make it our Editors' Choice. Current Quicken users should seriously consider upgrading to 2003 if only for the new interface, and sophisticated investors should head for Quicken's Premier edition. New look gets our vote Last year, we that Quicken needed a major overhaul, and we got what we wanted.
Quicken 2003's interface finally looks streamlined and up-to-date. Gone are the ancient Quicktabs. Instead, Quicken's Account Bar pane shows on-the-fly totals of your cash and investment assets, as well as your loan (a mortgage, for instance) and debt liabilities, along with a running total of your current net worth-a nifty, if potentially depressing, detail. As before, you can also access any of your account registers for, say, your checking account, by clicking the account's name in the Account Bar.
New tabs in each register account offer quick analytical views, such as a bar chart for income vs. Longtime users may find this new interface disconcerting at first and may have trouble finding things on occasion. Stick with it, though; in the end, you'll appreciate this cleaner, sleeker Quicken. Some things never change The core of Quicken 2003 Deluxe, its new look notwithstanding, remains essentially unchanged.
Bill payment is as simple as ever, you can balance accounts in seconds, and Quicken's built-in collaboration with Intuit's permits faster tax preparation. You can also use Quicken to easily build and track a budget, schedule payments in advance, or analyze your financial situation with Quicken's 24 reports.
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For day-to-day money management, Quicken 2003 matches Money. And if you use a Mac, it's even better: Quicken, unlike Money, comes in a Mac version. But other things do change Quicken's few enhancements are worthwhile. Online setup now integrates with every account register for easier access to your data, and you can schedule automatic downloads to gather current financial information, from stock prices to online bank statements. Unfortunately, unlike Money, Quicken still won't automatically upload data in the background whenever you're online, so you must either schedule updates or do them manually. We're also disappointed that Quicken hasn't beefed up its planning features, an area in which it has historically trailed Money. Unlike Money, Quicken doesn't blend its retirement, college savings, and other financial-goal planners into an integrated whole-life planner.
Intuit needs to put some work into this area. And believe it or not, Quicken's Web integration has actually taken a step backward. For example, version 2003 connects to Quicken.com and that site's various online services via the Quicken Browser (Money has nothing similar), an Internet Explorer window that opens atop the main Quicken window and unnecessarily clutters up the screen. We wish Intuit would return to the simpler in situ browser of years past. Investors, put a buy order on Premier On the other hand, we're rather bullish on these new investment features.
Like Money 2003, Quicken 2003 Deluxe introduces handy tools for investors. The software now integrates with Quicken Brokerage, an online broker (Muriel Siebert & Company) so that you can initiate trades from within Quicken itself and receive alerts and analysis from Siebert. In fact, dedicated investors should purchase Quicken's more expensive ($80, before the $20 rebate) 2003 Premier version.
Premier's excellent new investment tools include Intelligent Alerts, which can let you know, for instance, when a stock is beating the analysts' estimates. And the new Buy/Sell Preview shows the potential return of a sale or purchase before you make the deal. No weekend or evening support Quicken offers first-rate support in some areas and subpar technical help in others. The thorough online support site lets you search extensive FAQs and an online database. The phone support, however, stinks. You must pay $1.95 per minute for help on anything other than installation or data conversion. Worse, the phone desk is open only 12 hours per day (5 a.m.
PT)-not in the evenings and never on weekends. These hours make no sense for a program that you're likely to use at home. In this case, Microsoft does it better.
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