On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 20:51:11 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote:

I'm finally going to bite the bullet and upgrade from the XP version.

But based on past experience, I do not particularly trust Intuit.

I see prices around $30 for the product - whose list is more like
seventy.

Are there any Gotchas here? .... First thing that comes to mind is that
I'm going to install it and find out that it needs yearly
upgrades/rental fees or whatever.

Bottom Line: Do I pay my money and get an app? Or will I wind up
renting it.


See VanguardLH's reply and let me add the following:

For the last several years each new version of Quicken has essentially
no improvements over the previous year's; almost all the changes are
nothing but cosmetic.

So you can continue using an older version forever, unless you want to
use Quicken for one of the following (taken from
https://www.quicken.com/support/quic...ation-policy):

Online bill pay
Downloading financial data from your bank, credit union, credit
card, brokerage, 401(k) or mutual fund accounts
Downloading stock quotes, news headlines and other financial
information into Quicken
Uploading portfolio information from Quicken to Quicken.com
Live Support
Software patches and updates


If you want to use it for one or more of those things, you need to
upgrade at least every three years. I use it for the first three of
those things, so I typically upgrade it every other year or so.