[Novalug] business related software input

[gregory pryzby]

QUicken for the Mac works great. I think they offer an online version
also, but that is up to you if you want to use it.

QuickBooks, the ole standard.

On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 09:17:22PM -0400, Rich Goodwin wrote:
> 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.

-- 
greg pryzby                              greg at pryzby dot org
fingerprint: 8A1A DB90 869F 5DD1 D6E9 EEB6 C156 6B04 849F A86F
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: Digital signature
Url : http://calypso.tux.org/pipermail/novalug/attachments/20070529/3b3572cd/attachment.pgp