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Apple Should Support PPC, 68K, OS9, etc

Apple Should Support PPC, 68K, OS9, etc. They have the resources. They claim the new OS and hardware are so powerful. It is a pitiful shame on Apple that they abandon users like this. There is a tremendous wealth of older software that has never been recreated and is now lost.
 
It remains to be seen, however, whether Intuit has moved quickly enough for many users.

Um, let's see. It'll be early 2012. This was 2007 (which may have been released in 2006). That's a big no - 5 years isn't even moving quickly for a slug.

Intuit blew the mac off years ago. Then they created the useless Essentials product instead of upgrading 2007 (which never even worked right - and has a horrible UI).

Here's what Intuit needs to do:

Come out with Quicken 2012. For real - not just a recompiled 2007. Price it at $24.95 and actually provide support (from an on-shore call center) rather than blaming product bugs on their customers.

And then cry as we continue to use MoneyDance or iBank.

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Apple Should Support PPC, 68K, OS9, etc. They have the resources. They claim the new OS and hardware are so powerful. It is a pitiful shame on Apple that they abandon users like this. There is a tremendous wealth of older software that has never been recreated and is now lost.

I'm 99% sure that that's a joke.

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I for one have already made the switch to iBank. While this is not the ideal solution for everyone, I have found the tech support folks at IGG Software to be responsive and capable, exactly the opposite of Intuit.

Ditto, and they actually speak english!
 
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zorinlynx said:
firewood said:
You can't just recompile PowerPC assembly language for another ISA.

That's why I said they must still have the source code.. Unless they wrote hand assembled code for Quicken 2007.. and who the hell would still be hand-assembling code in 2007? Especially for a financial application where performance on a modern CPU wasn't really an issue?

They wrote PPC Asm for Quicken.
 
how is this different?

Isn't this basically the same announcement they made a few months ago? What has changed?
 
My 'Intuition' is Intuit lies

Bald faced lies by Intuit over the decade about caring for the Mac community. Promises made in writing that exciting new Quicken software was being developed. It was not. They knew it too. Anything to ensure the Mac user could be tricked into continuing to use their crappy products. This latest ploy is almost comical. Now, instead of a newer and better product, we are promised a return to those thrilling days of yesteryear's crappy product. Intuit must really, really think Mac users are the most gullible and stupid people on Earth!

Guess what? At least for moi, not again!
 
AFter 5 years? Geez!

After 5 years and multiple promises, this update needs to be a free update.
And if they really want Mac users back, by "late spring" there needs to be a new version that makes the windows version look lame. And that version should be a $1.00 upgrade, if not free!

Anything less makes me the fool for trusting intuit... again.!!!
 
Way too little, Way too late

The track record for Intuit/Quicken on Macs is dismal. This announcement is way too little, way to late. I switched quite a while back to iBank and haven't looked back since...
 
Perhaps someone here has already mentioned this, but, it's utterly astounding to me that Intuit used to stay much more on top of Mac releases of Quicken... back when Apple had ~3.8% market share. Now they've got at least double... triple that in some places, and yet Intuit stinks with their Mac support nowadays. Boggles the mind.
 
Too Late...

I've already migrated to MoneyDance and am mostly happy. Actually Quicken did me a favor, 'cause in most aspects MoneyDance is superior. I used Quicken for over 10 years. While I typically liked their software, in the past few years I felt they were trying to please Microsoft instead of their customers.
 
It's almost pointless bashing Intuit, but I'll do it anyway:

They don't deserve our business. They abandoned us. Their software for the Mac—Quicken and Quickbooks— has terrible UI, buggy as sin, and lacks basic features. Clearly Mac people aren't serious about business or money—despite our higher net worth than PC users.

And I wouldn't expect Quicken 2012 to a) exist or b) not suck. The Mint guy who heads the quicken group is doing his two year contract, basically phoning it in, until he can quit and keep his fat M&A check.
 
Intuit + Mac = disaster

Good luck with that :rolleyes:

I gave up on Quicken a year ago. It was a total POS, you pay for upgrades, and the new version is no better than the previous. The last time I upgraded was about a year ago. It duplicated a large number of my transactions. :eek:

I'm still using QuickBooks for Mac, but it is also horrible. It crashes every time I create an invoice. As soon as I can afford to buy something else, QB is outta here.

Nothing more from Intuit for me, ever...
 
You know, I used Quicken and liked it back before OS X (I Don't remember what version Quicken, it came with my Power PC).

When I thought about getting it again when I got my Macbook in 2007, I saw that it was more expensive than the MS version and had reviews saying it had half the functionality and wasn't very stable. So I said ***** it, I don't really want to pay that much for an accounting program (honestly, I didn't need much but for 70 bux and being more expensive than the Windows version it should at least have the same functionality and be just as stable) and looked for an alternative which I found with Jumsoft (my only gripe with Jumsoft is their solution for synching between my iphone and Macbook doesn't work and messes up my register and I paid for an upgrade just to be able to synch with my iphone so I paid for nothing really).

Anyways... I don't use Quicken anymore but would have been tempted if they did the one thing that Jumsoft won't, make a workable program that synchs between my phone and laptop and have it be stable (I have yet to see any other program that does that and the other stuff I look for).

But this is beyond insulting even to me (even though I don't even plan on getting it). So... you spent time making an old program for Lion rather than just give us a new program that worked better and had more functionality? And you want me to pay for that? Really? That's just laughable. And insulting. And makes me want to more actively boycott your program because that's giving me a bigger finger than just saying you are dropping mac support (and I do occasionally look to see if I can find something better than Jumsoft. Jumsoft is fine for desktop but I really would like to be able to enter stuff through my iphone and synch it up with my macbook). BEcause what they are saying is they don't want to bother putting the effort into supporting mac but they would still like us to give them money. Hahahahaahahahha! You want my money, earn it.
 
The Mac version is a shadow of the PC version. Dont know why Intuit has wasted any time on this program in its present state.

Port Quicken 2012 to Mac and I will buy it for sure.
 
Intuit are a dreadful company who don't deserve to retain their market share.

Isn't any other software publisher going to take them on?

I'm all for it. I want an accounting program that does what Quicken does but allows me to input and ask questions about my financial condition via Siri.

"Siri, I have a hot dinner date tonight, what places can I afford?"

Siri: "Stick to the dollar menu at McDonalds and you should be within your means, Josh."
 
+1 for Windows version of Quicken 2012 running in a Parallels VM. The Mac version doesn't support online banking. Total deal killer for me. I wouldn't think of touching the Mac version. That's pretty much the only thing I use Parallels for, starting up Win 7 to run Quicken....

Quicken Mac 2007 does indeed support on line banking. I use it weekly.
 
Start the flaming- but I am excited

Clearly I am in the minority here- but have to say that while it's frustrating that it took them so long to notice the Mac fans aren't interested in their other products- I am thrilled they will once again support new versions compatible with Apple software. It's like a trusty old dog- I don't need new bells and whistles- just want my old friend to work. I have over 20 years of records on Quicken, and was not looking forward to dealing with an alternative.

But please...... don't go back on your word and make me regret sticking my neck out here!
 
Who needs it?

For personal finances, the bank's website is probably better than anything else. Really, remember the hassles exporting .qifs, and trying to get the bank to send you a .qif? Horrors. Now you've got better security and better stuff on the bank site. If you need to invest, or manage a project, there's lots of software for that on the Mac. I'm beginning to think they'll bring out this Quicken 2013 for the Mac and nobody will buy it, unless they sell it for $30 on the App Store.
 
Even though I don't use Quicken I just have to throw my pennies in on this.

Is this company THAT lazy to not bring out a proper 2012 version of Quicken?? Instead they put resources into "fixing" a program that is 5-6 years old?

Wow.
 
Apple Should Support PPC, 68K, OS9, etc. They have the resources. They claim the new OS and hardware are so powerful. It is a pitiful shame on Apple that they abandon users like this. There is a tremendous wealth of older software that has never been recreated and is now lost.

Well, you know, during the '90s and '00s, Apple went to Motorola, went to the Power PC with IBM, and then to Intel. They did so with remarkably little bloat like Windows has because they insist on keeping everything compatible until the very last second possible. Apple went from OS 9 -- but they gave you Classic until a few years ago, and they just now, with Lion, dropped Rosetta. At any time during these very busy years, you could keep an outmoded machine about 5 years. Can you keep it longer? Well, yes, Macs last a long time. The old software will run on your G3 until it explodes. But yes, old software ends up not working. Your copy of software made for the Apple II won't work.

Windows keeps things going for a long time. XP has about 4 years of updates and technical support, and then they'll drop it. Just the way the computer business is. Compatibility can be too much of a burden. Yes, Apple has money, but they should spend it on lots of things, but not that.
 
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George-Michael is going to be so happy!
 
A solution to make it "Lion-compatible"?

Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but there's a couple things that worry me about their wording:
  • "A solution": This sounds like some awkward hack or workaround, not a proper method of making it Intel-compatible. I'm almost scared to see what they'll come up with: a built-in PPC-to-Intel translator? a full virtual (Snow) Leopard environment for it to run in? The possibilities are many ... but scary.
  • "'Lion-compatible'"?!: Why did they put this in quotes? Perhaps they have an awkward writing style, but to normal people this suggests that it isn't actually Lion-compatible, just made to seem that way. Again, this fuels my suspicions...

What they really need to do, as others have mentioned, is port Quicken 2012(-ish) to OS X. A Microsft-Office-esque level of feature parity would be appreciated. I haven't used it (though I've heard many bad things about it), but perhaps they could start with Essentials and gradually add back the missing features.

I currently use jGnash but find that its Swing UI is getting more awkward as OS X progresses and since Snow Leopard I've had to manually compile it or at least re-package the pre-provided .App to get it to run at all. I'm looking for something else, but I don't plan on moving to Quicken ever at this rate.
 
Even though I don't use Quicken I just have to throw my pennies in on this.

Is this company THAT lazy to not bring out a proper 2012 version of Quicken?? Instead they put resources into "fixing" a program that is 5-6 years old?

Wow.

Intuit had adopted RIM's business playbook... What you want will happen in 2012.

Make announcements while hoping to gawd that the Mayans will be right about 2012.
 
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