Quicken 2009 Deluxe [OLD VERSION] [Download]

Works just fine (2010-03-02) : 4/5
It does most of what I want. Great interface. Really needs bill pay. It needs a better feature guide and some bug fixes and feature upgrades. Downloads don't show transfer account they are assign to? Definitely overpriced. No discount for downloaded version.
Unattractive and cluttered GUI. Unnecessarily complex online setup. (2009-10-17) : 1/5
I purchased/downloaded this version of Quicken due to Microsoft's discontinuation of Money Plus, and dumping of online banking support. I was looking forward to using Quicken's "simple, efficient" conversion tool, available from their website, for this purpose. Unfortunately, it didn't work. All but one of my accounts imported with incorrect balances and missing or duplicated transactions. I tried numerous times, and also uninstalling/reinstalling the software. Nothing helped. The data always imported incorrectly. As such, the software is useless to me.

To rub salt into the wound, shortly after purchasing Q2009, Intuit releases Q2010 with built-in MS Money data conversion! It's bad enough I had to buy Q2009 due to MS abandonment of its customers. But, now, I have to buy a new version of Quicken right after buying the previous version, just so it can do what what was originally promised in that version! I am not a happy puppy.

I'm seriously considering buying a copy of Money off eBay, just to get extend my activation to Jan 2011. Then, I can worry about whether or not Quicken 2012 (End of the World Edition) will import my Money data correctly at that time.

And, I would like very much to slap the MS folks responsible for the poor way they discontinued Money, and the Quicken people responsible for their horrible conversion tool and the marketing thereof, with a huge dead fish right across their faces. I really hate idiots.

EDIT: Quicken just released an update to Q2009 that enables direct conversion of Money files into Quicken. I applied the update, and ran an import tool. It seemed to import the accounts OK. But, it messed up the Bill Reminder list something awful. Not too difficult to clean that up manually. HOWEVER, I am having a very hard time getting all of my accounts setup for direct online download with all of my banks. MS Money was MUCH easier in this regard. Also Quicken's GUI is butt-ugly, cluttered, and not very intuitive. I understand Q2010 is supposed to be much better in that regard. So, if you need to switch to Quicken because of Microsoft's douchebaggery, spend the extra money and try Q2010. Saving a few bucks by purchasing Q2009 is not worth the aggravation.
Horrible User Interface (2009-10-02) : 2/5
I used Quicken way back in the 90's but got a free copy of MS Money at some point and started using it and never looked back until recently. Because they have quit developing MS Money, I bought Quicken as what I'd hoped would be reasonable alternative. While it does what it needs to do, the usability is just horrible. It takes way more clicks to accomplish the same things that could be quickly completed in Money. Additionally I'm not thrilled with the "annoy"-ware that just bugs the crap out of you to register, enter personal info, etc, when all I want to do is track and balance a few accounts (which it does OK, it seems). I'll now probably begin receiving a slew of junk mail and spam from Intuit. I can stop spam, not sure how I can stop junk mail.

Perhaps I'll get used to to the poor UI but after my first couple of months with Quicken I am regretting my purchase. I'm not sure what alternative there is other than [...].
Garbage (2009-09-30) : 1/5
Very disappointed with the software and support provided from Intuit. It is practically useless. Unless you are a practiced user - stay away from this software.
Buyer beware... (2009-09-27) : 1/5
Intuit offers a 60 day money back guarantee - but NOT if you buy the electronic version from Amazon. If you're like me, you're now out $35. Thanks Amazon.