Quicken has to be a prime example of an app that doesn't need to be Universal. I'd much rather have new features than some kind of abstract satisfaction that inside my Mac somewhere, I'm running more efficient code -- code that has essentially no impact on my experience of actually using the software.

I think the indignation is misplaced.

I would expect Intuit to be more intuit-ive. OK, sorry. I couldn't help myself.

Yea, the lack of universal binary is just inexcusable, as is the lack of any modern features and a nice smooth users interface - both of which are found in the Windows version of Quicken. The Mac and Windows versions are like night and day! I remember when version 2005 or 2006 came out for the Mac and the most advertised feature was the ability to put pictures of your furniture/assets into your Quicken database. HA, what a joke!!!

Since Intuit has made it clear that they don't care about the Mac platform, I hope they pull the plug on it and hopefully Apple would make a real PFM for us Mac users. The problem might be though that all the financial institutions are set up for either Quicken or MS Money when it comes to online access. I don't understand why this functionality (integration with the financial institutions) is not an open standard and therefore requires the banks to pay Intuit $10,000 per year to allow for "Direct Connect" access. Beleive it or not Microsoft's direct connect feature has been free for institutions but I heard they too will soon be charging for this functionality.

I encourage everyone to email your feelings to the Intuit execs... scott_cook@intuit.com, Bill_Campbell@intuit.com, Steve_Bennett@intuit.com I emailed them and got a personal reply from Intuit CEO Steve Bennet saying, "We are taking a hard look at what to do with Quicken for Mac".