[Novalug] business related software input

[donjr]

How does MyBooks Professional compare to QuickBooks Pro 2006/2007 ??
  {As in report(s) generation and ease of data entry[1].}

A quick look the screen said the two might be comparable.

Note Quicken may be great for a (simple) personal type accounting system
(ie a checkbook or two and a personal stock protfolio)  but I personally
wouldn't even be willing to try to manage a (small) Business Account
System with it.

-- 
  DonJr

[1] Not that data entry is all the easy in QuickBooks Pro.

On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 21:53 -0400, gregory pryzby wrote:
> 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.

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