What is the best version of Quicken for windows?

August 12, 2006 6:42 PM

What is the best version of Quicken for Windows?

Is there a consensus on what version of Quicken for Windows was the best?

Currently I am using Quicken 2000 under the Classic environment on OSX, but if I switch to an intel-based Mac, Classic doesn't work anymore. I figure that I might as well run Windows under Parallels to get some Quicken action on a future intel Mac.

Google reveals that 2005/2006 are pretty much Teh Suck. Actually, I'm interested in a version that's old enough that it doesn't 'phone home' all the time. This is mainly why I'm interested in a Windows version as the OSX compatible Quickens for Mac, being newer, are probably profligate mothership-contacters. Also it would seem that the Mac versions are generally behind the Windows versions in terms of features.

I don't really care about automatically pulling credit card/bank account statements from within Quicken; I'm okay with downloading all the files from the various websites. I don't want to put my passwords in Quicken!

[Note to languagehat: I have properly capitalized this post. :)]

posted by joeblough to computers & internet (7 comments total)

My mom, who is a bookkeeper, swears by Quicken 99. 2003 ain't bad either.
posted by radioamy at 6:57 PM on August 12, 2006

Besides the typical "Microsoft Sucks", "Quicken is better", or "Microsoft copied Quicken", might someone point out reasons why a financial software newb (college grad) would go with one over the other.
posted by SirStan at 7:11 PM on August 12, 2006

i wish i could help, SirStan, but i've never used anything but Quicken...
posted by joeblough at 8:45 PM on August 12, 2006

I somehow left out that I was asking for a MSMoney v Quicken comparison :~).
posted by SirStan at 9:24 PM on August 12, 2006

"I have properly capitalized this post."

But not the title.

I upgraded from a Quicken version circa 99-2000, to 2005. I did prefer the older version, but the 2005 version has given me no grief in the year and a half or so that I've been using it.
posted by CrayDrygu at 11:43 PM on August 12, 2006

oops. here: ---> W

do you run zonealarm? i'd be interested to know what kind of stuff Q2005 is trying to do without being asked.
posted by joeblough at 12:16 AM on August 13, 2006

I don't run any software firewall, no. I suspect that it's doing nothing more than checking for updates, and there have been a few in the time I've used it.
posted by CrayDrygu at 12:13 PM on August 13, 2006