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What something DOES NOT DO is always totally irrelevant. You
should always ask, "what does it do & what does it cost?"

I previously listed dozens of very useful new QB2001 features, 
starting with an outstanding new menu design that instantly jumps 
between your open windows, quickly returns to recent data files 
and prevents most backup/restore errors.

QB still does not do medical billing or milk the cows. It does not
even have a programmable database. That is what all supposedly
influential QB6 pre-release beta testers said was most important
more than three years ago, at prices of up to $2,000 a copy.

By listening to its research, not us, QB has since increased market
share from 78% to about 90%. This occurred even though a rather big
survey by Doug Sleeter (http://sleeter.com/) showed 98% of QB2000
users were initially unhappy with it and all CPAs opposed it.

Doug's new survey shows most users warmly embracing QB2001, 
with all CPAs trying to move clients to it as fast as possible. You 
really should visit his website to read the full review, with its 
many excellent screen shots.

QB Pro 2001 is only $119.95 from CompUSA, after an $80 rebate. We 
like it so much that our clients get it, & A FREE 462 PAGE QB BOOK,
FOR $100 **> INSTALLED! <**

There are very few things that will so increase your productivity 
for less than $10 a month. I really think it is actually making my
office a happier place to be.

On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 16:18:01 GMT, seetheplane@my.sig wrote:

>I have a program on my computer that will spell check anything I type
>in QB99 so even that feature is not an upgrade.
>
>Another feature they left out that I've been asking for since QB-3 is
>the ability to look at a check that was used to pay a bill and then
>click a "go to" button to see the bill. As it is - you have to go to
>Chart of Accounts, then find and open Accounts Payable, then scroll up
>the list till you find the Bill your looking for and open it from
>there.
>
>On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 23:14:59 -0600, "Karl Schmidt" <karl@xtronics.com>
>wrote:
>
>>They added a bunch of eye candy - nonsense features trying to drive folks to
>>a web based accounting system while totally ignoring the everyday work that
>>users face. There are a couple of useful new features - spell check for one.
>>
>>Intuit claims emailing and FAXing invoices is new, but we have been doing
>>this with QB99 and before with the MS fax service - just print to fax. You
>>can also get addons that allow you to print to a GIF file that gets emailed.
>>
>>They also have a visa transaction deal with - guess what - only Intuit
>>providing the service. Similar deal for online banking.
>>
>>Intuit has also increased the annoying advertisements stuck into the
>>software.  I'm glad I got the free demo to see what the 'new' features are.
>>
>>Here is a short list of basic features still missing.
>>
>>Find:
>>There is no way to search for a customer by phone number, company name, zip
>>code. - this is true after being brought to their attention back in QB pro
>>99. Even Peach tree will do this (BTW I am NOT recommending Peachtree).
>>
>>Inventory:
>>You still can't condense transactions that include inventory items!#@% You
>>must start a new company , import lists, manually enter account values -
>>waste a day of work every year.  You MUST use Average inventory valuation -
>>there is still no FIFO or LIFO option.
>>
>>Data base hooks:
>>As many web based businesses will want to do - take transactions from the
>>web and automatically generate invoices. This requires an open database - it
>>is sad that intuit doesn't see that a move to a SQL or other data base would
>>expand the use of this popular software.
>>
>>Fixed assets:
>>There is still no asset management - or automation of depreciation.
>>
>>Conclusion - there is little or no reason to upgrade to QB2001 (or 2000).  I
>>was sad to see that the product hasn't changed in core features from QB99. I
>>just don't think that spell checking is worth $339. I sure hope someone sees
>>Intuits stagnation as an opportunity to come out with a competing accounting
>>package for the masses.
>>
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