This version still isn’t as feature-rich as its Windows kin, but the gap is closing. As a Carbon application, it sports the Aqua look-and-feel throughout and gives snappy performance in OS X 10.1. Surely the most important change in Quicken 2002 Deluxe is that it runs natively in Mac OS X, although it still runs in OS 9.0.4 or later. Compared with the mature Quicken, Appgen’s Moneydance 3.2 is a callow youth that just can’t keep up with its many user-interface deficiencies and crippling bugs, it isn’t worth your money. In Quicken 2002 Deluxe, market leader Intuit adds some great new features that improve the program’s already excellent utility and ease of use, particularly for online banking and investment purposes.
A financial program needs to make bookkeeping tasks easier than using pencil and paper, and it has to offer rock-solid reliability.
