From: "John Beamish" 

I hadn't expected such a lengthy list.  Moneydance was the one I ws trying
to recall, but couldn't.  Looks like a simple enquiry has become a research
project!

Thanks (I think ), Mike.

I am curious about one thing:  how did you so quickly come up with the list?

On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 20:42:14 -0400, /m  wrote:

> My current list of Quicken replacements (proffered without endorsement
> of any kind):
>
> http://www.mechcad.net/products/acemoney/
>
> http://www.thekompany.com/products/kapital/
>
> http://moneydance.com/features.shtml
>
> http://www.iggsoftware.com/ibank/index.html
>
> Let me know what you think, should you investigate them.
>
>  /m
>
>
> On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 20:13:26 -0400, "John Beamish"
>  wrote:
>
>> Speaking of Quicken ...
>>
>> other than Money, what are the Windows alternatives?
>>
>> On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 10:18:16 -0400, /m  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I'm looking to get Quicken and this newsreader working under Parallels
>>> (or VMWare).  At that point, about 95% of my usage will be on the
>>> MacMini.  The other pieces of the 95% are browsing and email.  Opera
>>> has
>>> released the Intel-capable Mac version, and for email I'll probably use
>>> the OS-X email client for my main accounts, and something like Eudora
>>> for my gaggle of secondary accounts.
>>>
>>> So far for me, the MacMini has been excellent for my media stuff.  The
>>> iLife apps which come with OS-X are very good.  iPhoto is especially
>>> excellent.
>>>
>>>  /m
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 10:03:40 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"

>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Parallels has worked well for me with 2K but my needs for
2k are quite
>>>> simple on the mini.
>>>>
>>>> They have a good support forum at
>>>>
>>>> http://forum.parallels.com/index.php
>>>>
>>>> I'm still waiting for the rumored VMware though as I have several
>>>> canned
>>>> apps that I'd like to transfer and VMware also quite a few
>>>> preconfigured
>>>> apps for the dl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "/m"  wrote in message
>>>> news:gutca2prv714ndikckvomh7sdsv0got89c{at}4ax.com...
>>>>>
>>>>> How's Parallels working for you?  I also equipped my
Mac mini worth
>>>>> 2Gb,
>>>>> planning to use VMs.   I'd like to get this bulky Windows off my
>>>>> desktop...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  /m
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 08:58:11 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
>>>>> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> George,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yep,  I have a Mac Mini in the living room for use
as a media pc. I
>>>>>> configured mine with 2GB of RAM though as I'm
using the Parallels
>>>>>> virtual
>>>>>> software  ( www.parallels.com ) to run Win 2k in
place of using the
>>>>>> Apple
>>>>>> dual boot XP/wga stuff.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In use the mini's worked quite well but I had had
problems with the
>>>>>> scheduling of sleep mode ( doesn't always work for
me) so now I just
>>>>>> schedule a daily power off/on cycle ( never fails
). I have had
>>>>>> several
>>>>>> hangs when I had the mini set to turn my plasma
display off after
>>>>>> several
>>>>>> hours of idle time ( it would never wake the
display up again ) so I
>>>>>> avoid
>>>>>> that now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm using the Apple wireless keyboard but ditched
the Apple wireless
>>>>>> mouse
>>>>>> for Logitech 2-button ( makes life easier )
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Apple just released the 10.4.7 software update
which I applied last
>>>>>> night
>>>>>> so
>>>>>> maybe the sleep/saver glitches are gone
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As a Mac neophyte I found the O'Reilly book
'Switching to the Mac
>>>>>> Tiger
>>>>>> Edition' by Progue and Goldstein quite useful
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had some problems finding a usable
'universal'/intel AC3 codec and
>>>>>> finding
>>>>>> the usable DivX software ( had to use the beta )
but they've just
>>>>>> announce
>>>>>> the 'universal' version of 6.5.1 on 6/29 ( haven't
tried it yet )
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been using http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/  and
>>>>>> http://www.versiontracker.com/macintel/ to locate
software for the
>>>>>> mini.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "George Sherwood"
 wrote in message
>>>>>> news:44a6208c{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>> Rich,
>>>>>>>    Did I remember correctly that you recently
bought a Mac?  I am
>>>>>>> seriously moving in that direction and was
wondering what  you
>>>>>>> purchased
>>>>>>> and how it has worked?  I was thinking of the
Mac Mini with 1GB RAM
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> 100 GB HardDrive.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> George
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:44a55c3b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>>> Tried to go onto the wga forum and received this
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Your user acount has been banned. Visit
here for more info.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
-----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>> Naturally the link to visit has nothing to
do with the banning
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?WS=communities
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I reckon they only wish happy news
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>

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