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Quicken Premier 2009 [OLD VERSION]

Platform : Windows Vista, Windows XP
3.7 out of 5 stars 111 ratings
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About this item

  • Simplify financial planning and tax prep with powerful personal finance investment tools
  • One-click reports (ex. Net Worth Report) provide a complete snapshot of your portfolio
  • A single password gives you easy access to your online banking and investment information1
  • Use powerful personal finance investment tools to define goals, set targets and optimize your portfolio
  • Get an instant snapshot of your performance at a glance
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Product details

  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.4 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches; 0.01 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 406502
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ July 16, 2008
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Intuit, Inc.
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001D1TEIE
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 out of 5 stars 111 ratings

Product Description

Quicken Premier offers an easy way to track and manage your investments in one place, so you can grow your net worth.

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3.7 out of 5 stars
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Customers find the software does most things well and is easy to set up, with automatic updates being a positive feature. The value for money receives mixed feedback, with some finding it reasonable while others consider it a waste of money. The download speed and ease of use receive mixed reviews, with one customer noting slow performance and another finding it overly complicated to use. The error rate is negative, with one customer reporting crashes.

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FunctionalityEase of setupAutomatic updatesValue for moneyDownload speedEase of useError rate
12 customers mention "Functionality"10 positive2 negative

Customers find that the software functions well, with one customer noting it performs similarly to previous versions, and another mentioning that new entries work smoothly.

"...The good news: it's just as functional as Quicken '06, at least for the features that I use (banking, investing, property and debt)...." Read more

"...Actually, overall they operate very similarly and Money users should find it easy to transition...." Read more

"...My new entries have gone well...." Read more

"Quicken Premier 2009 has many features that are appropriate for managing one's money...." Read more

9 customers mention "Ease of setup"9 positive0 negative

Customers find the software easy to set up and appreciate its intuitive design.

"...I easily transitioned to MS Money and found it very intuitive and had almost no problems...." Read more

"...My transition is complete and getting used to and quite comfortable with the interface and function...." Read more

"...Probably the smoothest and trouble-free Quicken installation done on my systems so far...." Read more

"...It is just the way I am and allows me total control of the process and full awareness of money and investment flows...." Read more

3 customers mention "Automatic updates"3 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the automatic updates feature, with one mentioning that their portfolio updates are no longer manual, and another noting that registration and updates with Intuit are handled automatically.

"Very fast download, no glitches, registration and updates with Intuit are automatic...." Read more

"...makes this buy worth while is the fact that I no longer have to enter my portfolio updates manually and can click one button to get it done..." Read more

"Easy upgrade and installation..." Read more

14 customers mention "Value for money"9 positive5 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the software's value for money, with some finding the price reasonable and the product good, while others consider it a waste of money.

"I got as a gift for my dad and he loves it! It help save money because we can see where it is going and how its being used." Read more

"...Columns only, in the dreaded pop0up window. Layout is terrible compared to Money...." Read more

"...I like the layout of the older editions and the money saved is not too shabby either" Read more

"...The only thing that makes this buy worth while is the fact that I no longer have to enter my portfolio updates manually and can click one button to..." Read more

10 customers mention "Download speed"3 positive7 negative

Customers have mixed experiences with the software's download speed, with some reporting very fast downloads while others experience slow performance.

"...that unnecessary processes are running in the background that slow things to a crawl and eventually crash the program...." Read more

"...I have still been unsuccessful in downloading investments, and have had no response from online help in my pleas for help...." Read more

"...No problems with re-downloading and installation. Probably the smoothest and trouble-free Quicken installation done on my systems so far...." Read more

"...The one weakness is in downloading transactions from banks and brokers...." Read more

5 customers mention "Ease of use"0 positive5 negative

Customers find the software difficult to use, with several noting that the interface has become overly complicated and cumbersome.

"...Regrettably, I have found that the product is only more bloated, less intuitive and more error prone than before...." Read more

"...Also what used to be intuitive has gotten overly complicated...." Read more

"...the latest purchases on credit cards all the time, and they need to be entered manually if you want the online accounts to agree with Quicken...." Read more

"...I find that it has been dumb'd down and designed for a computer illiterate, it does not allow you to load older quicken files...." Read more

3 customers mention "Error rate"0 positive3 negative

Customers report issues with the software's stability, with one mentioning it crashes and another noting it's more error-prone than previous versions.

"...that the product is only more bloated, less intuitive and more error prone than before...." Read more

"...in the background that slow things to a crawl and eventually crash the program. Also what used to be intuitive has gotten overly complicated...." Read more

"...institutional interfaces, when they work, are corrupt and result in error cumbersome edit features" Read more

Top reviews from the United States

  • Chan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Works Great!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2013
    Verified Purchase
    I got as a gift for my dad and he loves it! It help save money because we can see where it is going and how its being used.
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  • Roger Fox
    1.0 out of 5 stars Still a poor piece of software
    Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2009
    Verified Purchase
    I used Quicken for two years and finally dropped it three years ago because of constant problems and poor business practices. I easily transitioned to MS Money and found it very intuitive and had almost no problems. Unfortunately, Microsoft has decided to discontinue the product and the search was on for a robust replacement.

    I expected that after four years surely Quicken would have cleaned up their act and their product. I knew it had all the features I wanted and decided to give them another try. Regrettably, I have found that the product is only more bloated, less intuitive and more error prone than before. It has taken about eight hours to transition all transactions and accounts. This is something I was able to do with an online alternative I trialled and was able to complete literally in 30 minutes with not a single failure. I still have one credit card account that Quicken cannot import even though other systems handle it just fine. I did not stay with the online alternative because it did not provide all the features that I need.

    I am stuck with Quicken for now, but after a month of being reminded why I dropped them before, my search is on again for an alternative. I will drop Quicken as soon as I can because it is a very poor piece of software that tends to continually take many more steps to do anything than is required, few of which are intuitive. I cannot recommend this software to anyone.
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  • Erik
    2.0 out of 5 stars The only thing new is the bugs
    Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2009
    I've been using Quicken since the DOS version and since Quicken 2000 it seems to have been getting worse and worse. My biggest complaint is that I'm forced to upgrade about every two years and suffer through new bugs when no significant functionality has been added to the program.

    Quicken 2009 does nothing to solve my previous complaints to Quicken over the years. I have made suggestions and reported bugs. No suggestions have been done and some but not all bugs have been fixed. Often bugs get fixed in the next year's release if it's at all near and never get fixed in the current year's program.

    The good:
    Quicken is loaded with features and does a decent job of finding previously entered transactions or information for fields. That does make entering data quick in the normal register.

    Quicken does update security prices and has a usable investments feature.

    The reports in Quicken are relatively flexible and I can usually get the data that I want if not the exact report format that I want.

    The import and export data formats are complete and supported by many other programs and web sites.

    There is a 60-day money back guarantee. I will give Quicken credit for that although there really aren't any serious alternatives to Quicken. If you return it you have to give up the features that you do like in Quicken.

    The bad:
    Users are forced to upgrade just to subscribe for downloading investment data. There is no option to keep previous versions and still download investment data. Each new version introduces bugs, and sometimes known bugs still haven't been fixed from the previous version.

    The handling of the edit boxes, drop down lists and anything other than the register is horrible. Fonts are small, list boxes are way too narrow and chop of most of the text unless one uses short abbreviations.

    Even if one has a wide screen high resolution monitor most things except the actual register can't be re-sized.

    Fonts can't be changed for anything except the register.

    If you have bad eyesight, Quicken might not be for you.

    In Quicken 2009 there is no way to schedule investment transactions. A bug reported in August last year prevents that from being done. Since Quicken is at the R5 release I would have expected that bug (a simple grayed out dialog control) to be corrected. Even if it is a complicated problem to fix it's a major feature of the program that doesn't work and it has been many months since Quicken was made aware of it.

    Entering investment transactions is strange and confusing. I'm always finding myself starting up the Windows calculator program because there are no links to the Quicken calculator for many of the data entry boxes. When Quicken automatically recalculates amounts you have no choice but to let it do that right then and there. It does that on every change of ANY field used in the calculation and afterward it ignores the next mouse click, leaving the mouse in drag mode. This has been a bug in the investment register since 2006. I have to click the Enter / Done button twice if Quicken recalculates the amounts and I have to click the mouse somewhere continue data entry.

    The use of the Tab and Shift Tab keys works some places and not others. The paycheck form is the worst example where it works for some boxes but not others.

    To be honest I would not buy Quicken if there was any other program that did the things that do work in Quicken. It's a mediocre product with very little competition. Most of the problems in Quicken have to do with the user interface and the user interface seems to get worse every year.

    If you don't need to track investment prices daily, and don't need the flexible reporting features then other programs are more user friendly than Quicken. So I say, "Buy Quicken 2009 if you must but beware of bugs". If you don't need to upgrade or buy Quicken then take a serious look at alternatives or wait until the next release. Perhaps it will be better but I'm not making any bets.
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  • The Anonymous Reviewer
    3.0 out of 5 stars Don't believe the horror stories, it's about the same as Quicken 2006
    Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2008
    Verified Purchase
    This was a pre-emptive upgrade due to Quicken's sunset policy. I previously owned Quicken 2006 and was happily running it on Vista. The good news: it's just as functional as Quicken '06, at least for the features that I use (banking, investing, property and debt). The bad news: I had to upgrade for no significant improvement to the software.

    But anyway, don't believe the horror stories about online banking. I initially had the same problems as the other posters, but that was resolved for me in the update to R2 (which you will immediately download), and even prior to the correction was never as horrible for me as other posters describe. Yes, there is a bit of a learning curve, but all-in-all there is no significant difference between Q06 and Q09. This is both good and bad. The good is that the new version contains all of the functionality that I relied upon in Q06. The bad is that Q06 fulfilled my needs nicely... I only had to upgrade because of Intuit's sunset policy... there is no significant improvement to the software... even after three years.

    So, don't be scared by the negative posters... it's actually the same Quicken you know (I can only speak from '99, since that's the version that I started with). However, do be scared by Intuit. Their forced upgrade policy is a matter of record, and with Quicken online I am seriously concerned that some... if not most.. of the functionality that I use and expect with the desktop version will soon be a thing of the past. This may or may not be a reason to upgrade to Quicken 2009 now.
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