[Novalug] business related software input

[Rich Goodwin]

I would not recommend MyBooks.  Having bought it, worked with it and
well ... got frustrated with it .... And my accountant worked with me to
realize it is more an accountant package than a small business oriented
package.  She thought it was interesting but from a financial
standpoint, I paid her several hours of time going over books and
things.  Thus I more than paid for another copy of Quicken and was into
paying for the M$ OS .... which I did anyway.

Hard as it is to say, Quicken.  WHAT!%$##$#!^?????  Yes.  But do it
right - under VMWare on your Linux box!  Yes, you do need a M$ OS ...
but those can be had cheaply.  VMWare player is free and I got Quicken
Pro at Costco for $99 during a special sale.  I also upgraded the laptop
memory to 2GB.  This allows 1GB when I am doing my books but 2GB all the
rest of the time!!  8-)

Rich

On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 20:35 -0400, Kevin Chin wrote:
> MyBooks Pro by Appgen  (Win, Mac, Linux - with a bias towards Linux)
> http://www.appgen.com/aptus/my_books_professional.htm
> 
> TTYL
> --Kc
> 
> 
> 
> On 5/29/07, Bonnie Dalzell <bdalzell at qis.net> wrote:
>         Experience and reccommendations sought, please.
>         
>         I need a simple check tracking program and a paysheet,
>         employee payment
>         type program. Would help if both were in the same program but
>         not
>         absolutely necessary.
>         
>         I don't mind a commercial application if it is not too
>         expensive -
>         especially a combo ap could be up to $250 to $300 if good. If
>         a
>         commercial ap then I would hope it would have a MAC Os X
>         versions as well
>         as linux. No windows only programs.
>         
>         Currently I am doing all of this with a spreadsheet and I need
>         something
>         easier to use as cut and paste on the spreadsheet leads to
>         errors.
>         
>         This is for a very small business. 20 checks written a month,
>         30 to 
>         50 checks deposited a month, 3 part time employees.
>         
>         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>         mail:5100 Hydes Rd ---- Hydes MD USA
>         21082-----EMAIL:bdalzell at qis.net
>         
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