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From: pthomas@arecibo.aero.org (Peter L. Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Quicken or Wealth Starter.
Message-ID: <1991May9.225654.26100@aero.org>
Date: 9 May 91 22:48:56 GMT
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>In article <1991May8.012444.29579@rodan.acs.syr.edu>, mjducey@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Matthew J. Ducey) writes...
>>As I'm about to buy one of the two which one do you like better? I myself 
>>perfer graphs I think they are much quicker. and I don't think that Quicken
>>makes graphs.
>> 
>>Which is better, and why?

I'll second Mr. Williams' comments.

My father had been using a personal accounting system that my mother wrote years
back, and has been constantly modifying and expanding.  This program did every
bell and whistle my family ever possibly could have used for our books.  Almost
on a whim, we bought him Quicken.  Within two hours he had transferred all of
the current accounts, and was up and running at full tilt.  Quicken did all of
the things that our "custom job" had done--and more.

On another note, I use Parson's Technologies "MoneyCounts" product.  It's also
quite good.  The CompuServe IBM software forum has a discussion group and has
pretty much settled on Quicken and MoneyCounts as their favorites.  (Last I
checked, that is).

Best of luck.

-Pete