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Apple Accounting Software?

Re: WHAT??

Originally posted by Sonofhaig
I totally disagree. I think Quicken is fine program. Not to mention very easy.
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For your information, I tried to use Quicken 4 months ago.
And do you know what was the first thing I did after I open the application?
Close it and trash it.
 
Please Apple! Tke Quicken out baack and shoot it!

I've been "loyal" to Quicken since about 1987 when it was the only thing I knew that could do my finances. since then i have faithfully upgraded to 2003 deluxe (including all the releases in between) and have been rewarded by an increasing number of bugs and crappy UI "improvements".

Quicken $ucks $melly $phinchter. Any half-way competent attempt by Appe to put out some reasonable featured personal finance software would rock - and finally get Quicken out of my life - NEVER to return. Intuit blew it.

Main things Quicken Should do but can't because they suck:
- decent user interface
- decent online banking
 
Originally posted by cubist
I want walnut woodgrain.
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Me too, but only if it's the stick-on vinyl kind. I really want my Mac to look like a Kenwood stereo receiver, circa 1972. Retro is in!
 
In a way, it is apple's statement to other companies, "that if you don't develop it for the mac users, we will and no point in waiting."
 
iAccountant and iSync

Well that lil' SpyMac article was not very meaty..

If something like this does indeed come to pass, I will immediately put on my wish list the ability to iSync my balances and expenses with Java enabled cell phones. It would be even nicer to also sync expenses with my Palm as well.

Apple, if you are listening, feel free to use this idea right away.

Intuit/MS, if you are listening, you owe me royalties, if you steal my idea...

Ok, back to reality...
 
Word is.. that Apple's newest board member, Al Gore is lobbying to get a "campaign finance reform" plugin included into the new accounting software...


Originally posted by IJ Reilly
Bill Campbell -- I vote my shares against him whenever I remember to open my annual report. What a twerp.
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Sounds classy...
Originally posted by IJ Reilly
Me too, but only if it's the stick-on vinyl kind. I really want my Mac to look like a Kenwood stereo receiver, circa 1972. Retro is in!
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I'd like to see some water-stained plywood and peeling tyvek. Throw in some nagahide and you get "Trailer park chic" theme...
 
Off topic

OK, let's not get into Al Gore bashing. What a shame the guy tried to clean up the election system. A majority of those who voted did so for Al Gore, so he has SOME ability to connect to people. He did wonders in the Federal government for efficiency, regardless of what you might think of him personally. I'd much rather have him there than some investment banker or smooth-talking corporate weasel whose only claim to success is lack of ethics (I don't have anyone in particular in mind). Maybe he can help Apple to focus on some measurable goals and move towards them - the main way that the federal effectiveness program, carried on BTW by the current adminstration but with color-coding and different labels, had its effects.
 
Originally posted by dstorey
I've had that thought for a while, even before safari was released, it would be a great idea and much better than Access in Office. However I think PostreSQL would be better, as its more feature packed as an offline db while MySQL is better as a fast online db, and lacks some features like foreign keys etc. I think maybe MySQL has some licencing issues if its used for comercial use but not sure. Also another thing is that don't Apple own a database already in filemaker so maybe they wouldn't produce a rival to it, but who knows

A thing about this rumor is that they say package appleworks and keynote...well this is unlikely...keynote is more a proffesional level rival to powerpoint while appleworks is only a consumer rival to ms works and already includes a presintation app. It would be kinda dumb to include two presintation apps, not to mention confusing for users.
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I would go with MySQL over PostreSQL just because its a smaller code base and runs faster than PostreSQL. Same reason why Apple choose KHTML over the Mozilla code. Mozilla and PostreSQL = a slow and Bloated Code Base while KHTML and MySQL = a fast easy to manage small code base. Plus MySQL 5.0 is coming out soon and it would be easier for Apple to improve the Code.

If Apple were to add a GUI to MySQL it would actually encourage Oracle and other database companies to improve their code. Competition works.
 
Re: Off topic

Originally posted by allpar
OK, let's not get into Al Gore bashing. What a shame the guy tried to clean up the election system. A majority of those who voted did so for Al Gore, so he has SOME ability to connect to people. He did wonders in the Federal government for efficiency, regardless of what you might think of him personally. I'd much rather have him there than some investment banker or smooth-talking corporate weasel whose only claim to success is lack of ethics (I don't have anyone in particular in mind). Maybe he can help Apple to focus on some measurable goals and move towards them - the main way that the federal effectiveness program, carried on BTW by the current adminstration but with color-coding and different labels, had its effects.
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He was being funny, you are not. Take it to the politcal threads please.
 
Has anyone here used Budget? I've been using it for six months now and it's exactly what I was looking for in a personal finance app. Simple to use, intuitive interface, and feels a lot like one of the Mac iLife apps.

The latest version, Budget 4.0, just came out and is a huge improvement over earlier versions. Definitely worth checking out for people who hate Quicken and want something easy to use with a great interface.

http://www.snowmintcs.com/
 
Re: Re: Off topic

Originally posted by eric_n_dfw
He was being funny, you are not. Take it to the politcal threads please.
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Yes, thank you, I've been way too tempted to respond to that.

In other news, I think the lackluster nature of some Mac accounting software is a conspiracy to teach everyone how to code AppleWorks spreadsheets.
 
I currently do not use any accounting software, but I can see that this app would be very useful to a lot of mac users.
 
Originally posted by jimthorn
Has anyone here used Budget? I've been using it for six months now and it's exactly what I was looking for in a personal finance app. Simple to use, intuitive interface, and feels a lot like one of the Mac iLife apps.

The latest version, Budget 4.0, just came out and is a huge improvement over earlier versions. Definitely worth checking out for people who hate Quicken and want something easy to use with a great interface.

http://www.snowmintcs.com/
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This program seems allright, I'm still checking it out. If Apple can strike a balance between the simplicity here and some more powerful features for those of us who have more complex budgeting needs they would do well.

Just needs a brushed metal interface 😛

Down with Intuit!
 
IF Apple was smart, I'd think...

If Apple was smart I'd think they'd start putting feelers out to the financial community regarding the kind of software needs they have in banking and finance and general business... and then build their accounting program with enough parameters to grow to become both a consumer and professional program.

IMHO. 😀
 
Re: Re: Re: Off topic

Originally posted by BaghdadBob
I think the lackluster nature of some Mac accounting software is a conspiracy to teach everyone how to code AppleWorks spreadsheets.
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LOL! Now THAT is funny!😀
 
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