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QuickBooks Premier 2005 (discontinued)

QuickBooks Premier 2005

Entered CNET Catalog: 01/11/2005

SKU: 284199

Manufacturer: Intuit Inc.

Manufacturer description

QuickBooks Premier includes everything in QuickBooks Pro plus loan management, income and cash flow projections, integrated customer tracking and contact management, remote access to QuickBook files, advanced journal entries and controls, vehicle mileage tracker, and much more!

User opinions

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User Rating: 1/10

Terrible customer service

Pros: Can't think of any...

Cons: I'm still on hold after 1 hour trying to solve a software problem

Review: We are on a paid plan for CS-what a joke! You can barely communicate with the rep. I've been asked "how do you find the sales tax liability report?" twice over the past hour. It became obvious 45 minutes ago the rep did not know the product. after 12 requests to escalate the call, I was put on hold again and then told someone would call me back in 30min. That was 40 min. ago. I tried calling another number, explained the whole issue again for the 5th time, and now I've been on hold anther 15 minutes. Wait a minute, I've been disconnected! Who has time for this crap?

User Rating: 2/10

Primitive functionality

Pros: Looks pretty

Cons: Virtually no download of transactions.

Review: If you have used any recent version of Quicken you probably take for granted that you can download your transactions from your bank, credit card company, or brokerage.

Astoundingly, Quickbooks makes downloading transactions either impossible or so painful that you will give up and type in transactions by hand.

Even if your financial institution produces QuickBooks transaction downloads, Quickbook's interface is painful. You need to stop on each transaction and answer three or four questions. There is no option to accept your entire monthly statement.

Even worse, Quickbooks only accepts *.IFF files for transaction input. If your bank produces a *.QIF file you can write your own converter (difficult) or buy one for $30 that works poorly.

Many institutions only deliver an Excel file. Amazingly, Quickbooks does not import these for transactions. I tried an Excel to *.IIF converter that worked so poorly it was useless.

Do not buy Quickbooks unless you want the endless drudgery of typing in transactions one at a time. Can it get worse? Yes. There is no way to convert back the Quicken.

User Rating: 5/10

Nice Product but Lacks Global Use (show stopper)

Pros: Does it all, lots of tutorials for newbees

Cons: No multi - currency support. Don't believe the lies...

Review: It would have worked for our small business in Asia, but our version lacked Multi-Currency (purchased in USA) and that was a show stopper. Even if we got the "better" UK or Canadian version, we could not have priced a global inventory with multiple currencies. Wake up developers!

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QuickBooks Premier 2005 specifications

  • General
  • Subcategory Business - accounting
  • License pricing Standard
  • Software
  • License Type Complete package
  • License Qty 1 user
  • License Pricing Standard
  • Platform Windows
  • Distribution Media CD-ROM
  • Package Type Retail
  • System Requirements
  • OS Required Microsoft Windows 2000 , Microsoft Windows 98 , Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition , Microsoft Windows XP
  • Min Processor Type 200.0 MHz
  • Peripheral / Interface Devices 2x CD-ROM , SVGA monitor
  • System Requirements Details Pentium - RAM 64.0 MB - HD 425.0 MB
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