Quickbooks 2007 v9.0, now with native Intel support

Ya know, I'm a QuickBooks Pro Advisor - have been for the last almost 5 years. While QuickBooks/Intuit has it's problems, doesn't all software packages? I'll be the first to say the QB Mac edition is BAD...

While QB is part of the way I earn a living - I'll always be up front with our clients or would be clients about the shortcomings of the software.

In my opinion - what Intuit has done right is QB for PC - they have a quality product; however, they charge hand over fist for 'extras' within the software such as payroll tax tables.

Their merchant account services through Innovative Merchant Solutions is also a big WIN for QuickBooks as well (although - as you'd have guessed, it doesn't work for the MAC either)...

Anyway, my 2 cents...

QuickBooks has nothing to do with Quicken. This new version is UB ahead of Adobe and MS, and it includes some really nice feature. It isn't a port of the PC version but I wouldn't want it. It does allow data exchange with the PC version. You can run the PC version in Parallels and it has more features (multiuser being the big one) but it is a dog on performance while the Mac version is a race car.

So the lame Mac version of QuickBooks gets UB support, but the more widely used Quicken doesn't get the Univeral Binary treament, even though the newest version 2007, just came out.

I'm still using Quicken 2005 on my MacBook Pro and don't plan to upgrade until Intuit gets their software development head out of their ass and makes it worthwhile to spend the $40 upgrade cost.

I use MYOB and I'm a single user. Due to the fact that MYOB doesn't sync with my bank I'm debating switching. I've been with MYOB far too long and just need some syncing capabilities.

And yeah, I quite like Adobe. Quit busting their chops!

Why the unnecessary Adobe-bashing? You just put a bad taste into my Friday morning.

Quickbooks is possibly the worst Mac app ever. Lucky for Intuit, they have little competition. But should someone come along and do it halfway decent job (like say, not sunset its products after 3 years and make it actually easy to move between platforms and not require IE 5.2 Mac to do things with the bank 1 year after stops shipping IE with new Macs...), it will be over for Intuit.

Yuck, I cannot say enough about how crappy Intuit products can be.

I support small businesses and I always recommend MYOB over Quickbooks. QB Mac only supports one (1) user to access the data file, while the Windows version supports up to 5.

I called Intuit customer support to ask why and was told that 'Macs don't network'.

Quickbooks was RIPE to be released 4-5 months ago.

I agree with #1. Quicken for the mac is a pile of garbage from a UI perspective and downloading bank statements. They should either a) Build a proper OSX version that is on a par with the windows version or b) just give up on the mac completely.

newsflash - european applestores are down :)