Quicken 2001 Deluxe

by Intuit

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004W4AM
• Item model number: 256101
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 15, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,770 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Is your desk a mess of bills and tax forms? Did you transfer your financial information to your computer before the Internet changed everything? Intuit's Quicken 2001 Deluxe, complete with a host of new and enhanced features, will make your life tidier and easier than you'd ever imagined possible. Balance your checking and savings accounts online; plan for retirement, college, or tax day; and track investments minute by minute--all within an easy-to-navigate Web-based series of pages.

Quicken 2001 Deluxe has a transparent installation, and setting up your accounts is very quick and simple; even accessing your bank's information online (if available) takes only a few minutes. Though it's a little less helpful than Microsoft Money in offering advice to financial novices and its Web integration isn't perfect, Quicken makes up for these minor problems with its simplicity and powerful planning features.

New features are plentiful, as Intuit takes great pains to listen to its customers: Palm integration, easy updates, tax withholding help, and car and home value estimators are all tremendous advantages over old versions. The tax help in particular is nice, acknowledging the stress involved for most people and making it simple and easy to make the right decision without resorting to cartoon characters or cheesy humor. Each planning tool (reducing debt, buying a house, retirement, etc.) is excellent on its own, but unfortunately is just that--on its own.

The tools are not as well integrated as Money's, and while each individual Quicken program is generally better, those with a lot on their financial plates may find Money's synthesis more helpful. Those who know a bit about their money and want a simple, less flashy toolbox for keeping track of all their investments will find much to love about Quicken 2001 Deluxe. --Rob Lightner

Pros:

• Streamlined financial information
• Easy online access
• Covers nearly every variety of financial information

Cons:

• Some prior knowledge required
• Planners good but not well integrated

Amazon.com Product Description

Quicken 2001 Deluxe helps you better manage the seven key areas of your finances: banking, investing, taxes, planning, spending and saving, loans, and insurance. It’s packed with powerful features and enhancements across the seven areas to help you see the complete picture of your finances.

Easier Smart Reconcile helps you find and fix common mistakes. More powerful portfolio analysis tools give you greater insight into how your investments are really doing. And better ways to track and optimize your 401(k) help insure you’re on the right path to retirement.

Write checks, print checks, or even send payments online. Schedule payments and receive proactive reminders for when they’re due. Bank online conveniently, downloading your data from the Web. Access your account balances, transfer funds, and pay bills. Quicken works with over 1,200 banks, credit card, and brokerage companies.

See where it all goes with reports and graphs--get quick and easy answers to questions about your spending, budget, net worth, and more, and then create a budget you can realistically follow. Track your investments and then compare them, downloading prices on stocks and mutual funds right from the Web.

Note: Online features require Internet access and are subject to change. Additional fees may apply for online banking and bill payment. Services vary among financial institutions and are subject to their terms and conditions. $20 mail-in rebate for upgrade customers only.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

132 of 133 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing, October 31, 2000

By 

Darren Griffith (Palm Bay, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quicken 2001 Deluxe (CD-ROM)

I've used Quicken for over 5 years. Until this version I've been a big fan. This version has many unacceptable bugs. It's added up the wrong total on my credit card accounts. It leaks system resources until it crashes. It fails to update the status on several of the windows until you restart it. The bill minder sometimes doesn't flag an uncoming bill. Sometimes it will stop updating the screen and will not minimize. I seem to spend almost as much time handling techinal problems as I do my finances. This version seems to be thrown together so Intuit could make a quick buck.

120 of 121 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No Support, November 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Quicken 2001 Deluxe (CD-ROM)

I have recently upgraded to this newest version of Quicken- only because I thought it was time to "modernize." I am an experienced Quicken user and have always enjoyed the program.

But, upon upgrading I found a problem whithin one of the investment options. When this occurs, you call for help. Not with Quicken, however. Check out Intuits web page. They list FAQ's and have no provision for specific Q&A's. Call their phone number (not toll free) and you are put into a labrynth which get's you no where.

They do have a bug feed back system, but no promises of fixes and they state that their policy is not to respond to you.

You are putting your financial accounting in their hands, but they lack the most important ingredient to customer satisfaction- simple service. ( I did see a 900 number- but no thanks.)

At this writing, I am consdiering reloading my old version.

Help Intuit get the message. Don't buy or upgrade.

71 of 71 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Quicken on-line bill payment doesn't work, December 25, 2000

By 

Bob Fields "Bob Fields-Photographer" (San Antonio, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quicken 2001 Deluxe (CD-ROM)

I agree with most everyone else reviewing this product. We have used it for years to manage our budget, expenses and pay bills electronically. Over the years as they add feature upon feature, the program has become less intuitive, more quirky, and less stable. When I installed this new version, elctronic bill payment through CheckFree stopped working. When trying to pay bills the following message appears "Quicken was not able to complete your request. The next time you go online for this financial institution, Quicken will attempt to resend your original request. Please try again later. If the problem continues call Quicken Bill Pay @ 800-463-6765 (OL-293-A)." When I caled that number they told me to call 520-618-7155 or 630-692-3000 (at my expense for their problem! How rude!) After about 4 tries with various technicians I finally reached one poor soul who said "We have no known solution for an OL-293A error" and then passed me to a very nice guy who said "they have no solution at this time, but are working on it." He took my telephone number and said they would call me when it was fixed, but could give me no time frame. His only solution for me was to go back to my previous version of quicken 2000 using the old Qdata file formats which are now out of date. I'm waiting for their phone call and manually writing checks. This sucks! don't buy this piece of buggy software, especially if you want to pay bills on=line. This is how companies go out of business by sticking it to their customers!