My new toy is here. An iMac Rev B 20". Wow. This screen is amazing. My only disappointment so far is the Quicken software. It is not nearly as good as what I was using on Windows. Converting looks like it is going to be a bear since there is quite a bit of missing functionality. Does anyone know of a solution or am I going to have to keep a Windows machine available just for that? I can do that, but it will only be a temorary solution since the iMac is replacing an aging machine that is in decline after 5+ years of solid service. Did I say wow?
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ksz said:
Congratulations on the Rev. B 20"! My father just upgraded his Mac clone to that model. I look forward to playing with it when I can next make it across from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The update from the rev. a provided such a value bump - including on the graphics with the better card included from Rev. A. Having a very competent dual 1.42 G4 PM with a ATI 9000 with 64 MB of VRAM, I look with some envy on your 9600 with 128 MBs.
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Hey congratulations on switching. I havent made that yet so I can't really recommend a alternative to Quicken but after a search it seems everyone is disappointed with it and there isn't a very good alternative sorry.
I run Quicken for Windows on an old XP machine that I keep hidden in the closet. Every year I cross my fingers for Apple to release a financial management package, but they haven't done it yet.
Quicken for Mac is truly awful and money management is a huge gaping hole in the OS X software landscape.
Quicken for Mac is truly awful and money management is a huge gaping hole in the OS X software landscape.
On thing that is really hurting Quicken for Mac is the lack of support for multiple currencies. If it had that, even with the bad interface, I would get in a sec.
Back to managing my expenses in Excel...
Back to managing my expenses in Excel...
Thank you for the replies. Based on what I have found, conversion of Quicken data is going to be nearly impossible. Since I am rather attached to it, I am going to pull an old Windows 98 laptop out of my closet for Quicken only. When my office retires my Windows XP laptop in 18 months, I will transfer to that instead. Hopefully, someone will release some decent financial software for the Mac while I still have a few good years left on those machines. Despite the lack of Quicken, I am really loving the iMac. I can't wait to test out the video editing capabilities.
I haven't used Quicken on Windows. Been using Quicken on my Mac since about 1993. I saw it demonstrated at MacWorld Boston. Immediately fell in love with the program, found it easy to use. Is it the export and import function that isn't working properly?
I am having trouble importing the backup from Windows. In fact, I have not been able to successfully do it yet. I have to try backing up the old version again. I also read that there is limited functionality on the Mac when compared to the Windows version. I have not yet proven that this is true personally, but I did a search on this forum and that is what I found.