#Quicken software for pc windows
Few current Quicken users are likely to find a good reason to switch.īoth programs run on Windows 95 machines, but Quicken is also available for Windows 3.1 and the Macintosh. Quicken has long been the market leader, so far ahead that its improvements this year seem incremental, but it still seems to come out ahead over all. This year's version of Money has a face lift and a major overhaul that brings its features more in line with its competitor's. But millions of users of personal finance programs have come to rely on them.
I remain unseduced, preferring simpler strategies, like keeping track of income and tax deductions in a spreadsheet or database, and rumor has it that others rely on such high-tech devices as pencils, papers and shoeboxes. For reasons involving the Internal Revenue Service, getting your records organized for the entire year may help reduce the pain on April 15, 1999.īoth Intuit's Quicken 98 and Microsoft Money 98 can do a good job of tracking accounts, assets and budgets, but ''computerized'' financial management is not the same as ''effortless.'' Getting the most from either program requires spending plenty of time entering data and mastering unfamiliar conventions. IF you are willing to let a computer program try to help set your financial house in order, the arrival of your January bank statement heralds the best time to do it.