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The Mac version of Quicken is alive and well, contrary to reports from Intuit's own customer service representatives. more

[NeoX]

They are blaming the delay on Leopard, 10.5? What kind of garbage excuse is this? It is not like Quicken takes full advantage of Mac OSX technologies. I mean the last version released last year wasn't even a Universal Binary. As an active beta tester, for the past several years, I can tell you that so far there has been no mention of a Beta. Not a good sign. Of course it may still be in internal beta. Even better they may be re-writing it from the ground up. Somehow I doubt it though and with the advent of VMWare and other financial mangers, it appears Quicken for Mac may be on its way out. I say good riddance. Don't get me wring, I still use it but it is less then stellar on an intel Mac, not to mention the same old clunky interface and features that haven't seen any major enhancements for some time.
Fortunately some of the other finance managers for Mac are getting better and better with each version. Look at the interface for iBank and see the difference in elegant Mac like design. Of course when iBank adds a few of the features that it lacks but Quicken has, then it will be a major contender.
Just my 2 cents as a long time Quicken Mac user and tester.

[zeejay]

With Quicken's well-known, eternally half-arsed Mac support, I continue to be shocked that Apple does not release an iApp in this space. It would seem like a no-brainer.

[dbater]

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The Mac version of Quicken is alive and well, contrary to reports from Intuit's own customer service representatives. <a href="/news/2007/08/15/quicken/index.php">[more]</a>

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Apple, please develop an accounting program for the mac or pay a company to do it. thanks

[RobK]

WELL WELL WELL....
"Oh please don't stop buying our current products... we won't drop your platform... TRUST us."

[schoonerman]

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They are blaming the delay on Leopard, 10.5? What kind of garbage excuse is this?

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One could give Intuit the benefit of the doubt (some folks find that difficult, of course, given history) and think that they would rather release once, rather than releasing a version which works on current pre-release Leopard followed by a version which works on actual Leopard.
Meanwhile, Quicken Online looks like an interesting--to some, and not just Mac users--alternative.

[Outdo13]

With Parallels and an intel Mac, it no longer makes any difference. In fact, from what I have seen of the Quicken for Windows, I think I will rather use it (as soon as I buy my iMac this week). It probably will work more effectively with Turbotax, too.

[JJJ]

1) not all of use are using Virtualization! So that is not a good option.
2) Why would a Mac committed person buy a PC software as long as the Mac software is available? - That really kills the Mac software!

[Maclectic]

Don't trust Intuit. If you can find a non-Intuit product that meets your needs, use it and say goodbye.
The only good Intuit product for the Mac is TurboTax Mac and with the weak competition in that space, I can easily see it start to decline.

- Maclectic

[mmeister]

Listen to what the Intuit guy says or more importantly, what he doesn't say:
He doesn't say that the Quicken 2008 will be released after Leopard. Instead, he says they'll announce what they have up their sleeve.
I believe Quicken 2007 is the last desktop app for Mac. I think they're moving Quicken online for Mac folks (Hey Intuit, why don't you figure out how to get QuickBooks Online to run on a Mac browser while you're at it).
For the security conscious, I wouldn't worry. Millions of folks already use TurboTax Online to do their taxes online, Quicken won't be much different in data. I am disappointed that they're focusing on a Java client approach (I haven't seen a good Java web client interface).
I'm more disappointed that Intuit isn't being straight up. This shifty "what we have up our sleeve" is unbecoming of Intuit or any company who needs to invoke the (financial) trust of users.

[stevelee]

I'm still using Quicken 2003. I know it's running under Rosetta on my Mac Pro, but it's stable, does what I need done, and doesn't have any speed issues.
So is there some reason I should care whether there is ever a 2008 version? And if there won't ever be one, is there some reason I might want to upgrade to 2007?

[moose_n_squirrel]

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With Parallels and an intel Mac, it no longer makes any difference. In fact, from what I have seen of the Quicken for Windows, I think I will rather use it (as soon as I buy my iMac this week). It probably will work more effectively with Turbotax, too.

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Of course, to get there, first you have to have:
1. Parallels license
2. Windows license
3. Quicken license
4. RAM upgrade so you can shoehorn that second OS on top of all the Mac stuff normally running
You could be looking at $400+ to run Quicken in virtualization.

[bdkennedy1]

Customer service reps may have been given erronious information, but they still got it from somewhere. Maybe 2008 will be the last version.