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Software Reviews of QuickBooks Pro 2007 Small Business Financial Software [OLD VERSION]Customer Review: Won't someone create better bookkeeping software? Summary: 2 StarsI was forced to purchase this software because Intuit decided to disable some of the necessary features in the 2005 Basic version of QuickBooks I use at my business. 2005 Basic fit my needs very well and I was offended that I was forced to upgrade so soon after purchase, and that Intuit no longer offers a "Basic" package.
Upon installation, QB Pro 2007 immediately slowed my computer to a crawl whenever it was open, and even after a couple of months, still occasionally bugs me to buy Intuit products. Sure it does what it is supposed to do, but there are so many other software packages that add and subtract.
If you are making your first purchase of book keeping software, do yourself a favor and explore alternatives to joining this cult. Intuit has no respect for their customers and will bleed you any chance they get.
Customer Review: Great software! Summary: 5 StarsI use this in two offices, a church office and an attorney's office, and it is wonderful. It is much easier to navigate than previous versions.
Customer Review: QuickBooks Pro 2007 - their worst yet? Summary: 1 StarsI have used various versions of Quickbooks Pro for the last 8 years. The software has never been "intuit"ive (perhaps unless you are a CPA or have time to read up on accounting). Some things it has done well and some not so well. The present version (2007) is, however, more trouble than it is worth. For a small business owner to have to spend hours trying to get simple issues resolved (for instance just getting the program to open, rebuilding corrupt data files) this version has to be the worst (and this is in Windows XP and not, thank goodness, Vista which might have been even worse). Add to this the very poor customer support (slow, badly outsourced, and expensive - pretty well $50 most times you dial Intuit for customer support) and you begin to wonder whether there are better applications out there. Finally today, after the third major issue in as many months, I have downloaded Microsoft Accounting software and will (when my files have been rebuilt again in Quickbooks!) move the data over to the Microsoft application. Will it be any better? - who knows, but it can hardly be any worse than Quickbooks (and it comes at a much better price)! Maybe Intuit will get the message about the quality of its software and support when enough folk defect to Microsoft, Peachtree or other competitors.
Customer Review: Pro 2007 Summary: 4 StarsI don't feel as comfortable as I did on 2004. I dont like the home page.
Customer Review: Difficult to Learn and Not for Every Business Summary: 3 StarsThis software is very difficult to learn-as-you-go. I am a former Quicken user and while that was easy to fumble through while learning without too much fear of making a far reaching mistake, Quick Books is laden with important-seeming details and hard-to-master steps and pre-labeled categories that don't seem to be applicable to my business. This software may be very helpful for a business that buys widgets from the widget wholesaler using an invoice and then sells the widgets to a customer using a bill of sale. It doesn't do much for someone who sells his services on commission without using invoices or bills. Self-employed professionals need not buy this software. Even the check register is harder to use and almost impossible to customize than Quicken was. I do not recommend this software at all.
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