By: Judith R. Moss

Judith R. Moss — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:24:48 +0000

If you are already using Quickbooks 2008 or higher, 2010 is not worth the upgrade. The only and I mean only reason I upgraded was because it claimed to offer the ability to attach files to customers, employees and vendors. Well, I have to say you can do that – IF you sign up for their on-line Document Management Service. It WILL NOT attach a file and keep it local. Which means you always have to have internet access to see your attached files. Also, the service is only free for the first 100 mb of files. After that, you start shelling out bucks. I know many operations use shared documents like this and I think it’s a great option. However, why can’t there also be an option to just use your local files? I am the only person that uses my Quickbooks and I have no need to see these files if I’m not on my laptop. When I looked at the product info on Intuit’s website it says “Organize and back-up documents by attaching them to your QuickBooks records.” It says nothing (not even in the disclaimer) that this is an on-line service only. The other issue is with Intuit itself. You have to call them to complete the product registration and they try to sell you more stuff. They also tried to tell me my current payroll service (which they automatically renewed) is no longer offered and I had to upgrade. Told them no and so far my current service is still in tact. I give this a 2 because of the misinformation and the features the product touts are not as useful as they appear in the product advertisement. I would recommend the upgrade from QB 2007 or earlier because 2008 came out with some great changes. But if you are on 2008, don’t waste the money unless shared documents is your thing.
Rating: 2 / 5

By: Adam Folkman

Adam Folkman — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:16:43 +0000

Some financial software can be hard to use and understand if you’re not an accountant. Quickbooks makes it easy for small business owners and specifically, in my case, general contractors to do their bookkeeping and generate the reports needed to understand where your business is at financially.
Rating: 4 / 5

By: Eloise

Eloise — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:42:58 +0000

We have been using Quickbooks for several years now and have never had any problems with it. Support is great and professional. We just purchased the 2010 update, but have yet to start using it. Will install this week, so am excited to see what is new!
Rating: 5 / 5

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