Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!mcnc!rti!flan!wgd From: wgd@flan.UUCP (Walter G. Dixon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: personal finance packages Message-ID: <465@flan.UUCP> Date: 19 Dec 88 13:40:11 GMT References: <2669@copper.SDP.TEK.COM> <18833@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <24@sierra.stanford.edu> Reply-To: wgd@flan.UUCP (Walter G. Dixon) Distribution: comp Organization: FiberLAN, INC., Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 34 In article <24@sierra.stanford.edu> siegman@sierra.UUCP (Anthony E. Siegman) writes: >It would be appreciated if users of MacMoney or MYM could post a note on I just purchased MYM (very expensive), and it does most, if not all, and more, of the things I need. I'm not sure if it handles escrow in a mortgage payment yet, though I think I read there is a way to do it. MYM is a bit slow in screen updates, they seem update things that don't need redrawing on the screen, which adds to the update time. Calculation time is also slow, though I'm sure there's really a lot going on back there. One other criticism is that when calculating total outlay of mortgage payments, they go through an obviously iterative algorithm to calculate it. I'm sure there is a better way. On the positive side, MYM is quite complete, even though the manual claims there are things the IBM version does that the Mac version doesn't do yet, and vice versa. I'm not sure what's missing. MYM does insurance planning, investments in stocks, bonds, etc. All you have to do is enter the current price directly from the morning paper and your net worth is instantly updated. It also does check writing, recurrin expenses is handled nicely, as is paycheck allocation (fed, state tax, etc.). The manual is thick, with many helpful hints about managing your financial life, and how to use features of MYM for more arcane functions. All in all, I'd say its got everything (almost) you'd ever want, IF you're willing to pay between $185-220. I myself would like to hear other opinions. Wally Dixon Broadband Technologies, Inc. RTP, NC {...}!mcnc!rti!bbt!wgd