unofficial microsoft.public.money FAQ and A
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Q) I can't find where to download Money updates on the Microsoft web site. Why not?
A) Microsoft hasn't provided Money fixes on their web site for any version of Money still supported. The updates that are available will be downloaded when you do an "Internet Update." [What's in the updates, how do you tell if you've got the most recent update, and similar questions all deserve answers that we don't have.]
Q) Is Money better than Quicken?
A) Many of us here prefer Money to Quicken. Some of us started using Money after having used Quicken. Your mileage may vary. M05 signals a quantum change in the nature of Microsoft Money away from a standalone application for self-directed personal financial management. More of us may be reconsidering the Quicken vs. Money trade soon.
Q) Is there/when will there be a Mac version of Microsoft Money?
A) This is much less frequently asked than it used to be. It is not clear what can be inferred from that.
Nobody here is aware of any Microsoft plans for Money for the Mac. If they were, they couldn't say anyway.
Money has been on the Windows platform for more than ten years now. It seems that Microsoft would have done Money for the Mac long ago if they thought they could make a decent return by doing so. The barriers are pretty high given Money's dependence on Microsoft core technologies like COM, IE, and MSISAM, none of which exist in the same form or at all on the Mac. And it's not as if Macs have become more popular or common over the years, "switchers" like Ellen notwithstanding.
Q) What's the difference between the various Money packages? Between M03 and previous versions? What's new in M03?
A) The Microsoft Money web site has a page that compares the features included in the various packages. There is another page that highlights what has changed with each version of Money from M99 through M02. Finally, there is one that summarizes what's new in M02. Check them out.
Answers courtesy Richard Bollar - MVP Microsoft Money and Kim Renna, Microsoft MVP - CSO Consumer
References:
Microsoft Money Package Comparison
Microsoft Money Version Change History
Microsoft Money What's new in M02
Q) When will the next version of Money release? What will it do?
A) Anybody reading the newsgroup that knows has likely signed a non-disclosure agreement and cannot say.
If the past is any guide to the future, the next version of Money will be available starting in August. Microsoft's press release announcing the product will use the word "great" a dozen or more times. It will have some features that will be really cool to some people. It will have some features that will be minor improvements to lots of people. It will fix some of the worst issues created with the last version. It will create some new issues of its own. It will have many minor changes that are annoying and unnecessary to long time users, added in the name of "ease of use" but mostly just serving to dumb the product down further. It will have more hooks to other services that Microsoft hopes we will use and that Microsoft hopes will produce ever more vigorish. It will incorporate any really neat features Quicken incorporated last year if those features generated much "buzz" amongst reviewers or by the Intuit marketeers. Quicken will release a new version about the same time. Magazine reviewers will like each product about equally. They will not mention any of the major issues since they will not have used the product enough to find them. A rebate will be available to all purchasers having the effect of reducing the average sell price to less than some people will pay and more than others would have paid at the cost of a hassle for those of us in the latter category. If the past is any guide to the future, that is.
Please see this disclaimer if you are using Money 2005 or this comment if you are using Money 2006.
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