Considering GNUCash

[Jerry Hall]

Thanks to all of you for the info.  I want to get off the dead product.
Not even going to sweat the conversion.  I will just start with 2012 data.
I can just reenter that data.  I will run parallel for a time just to make
sure I understand the new product.
Thanks again for the help.
Jerry

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:35 PM, John Layman <
john.layman at laymanandlayman.com> wrote:

> The Microsoft Money Plus Sunset version should still work just fine (of
> course, online services have been discontinued.)  That said, I converted
> from MS Money and began record keeping in GnuCash 01 Jan 2010.  I ran
> parallel for 6 months as a safety net.  I converted historical data only
> for
> investment and loan accounts.  Conversion highlighted some problems in
> Money
> data, such that I believe I had to "purify" Money entries a bit.  In other
> words, I performed several rounds of conversion before I was satisfied with
> the result.  While GnuCash is not free of flaws, it beats Money and Quicken
> hands-down, IMO.  So I agree with the recommendation to bite the bullet and
> switch to GnuCash. You can't make such a change without paying the price of
> climbing a learning curve, but the alternative is to continue using a
> product that's dead and gone -- or, worse, converting to any product from
> Intuit.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnucash-user-bounces+john.layman=laymanandlayman.com at gnucash.org
> [mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+john.layman=laymanandlayman.com at gnucash.org]
> On
> Behalf Of Dustin Henning
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 12:11 PM
> To: plantz at ieee.org; 'Jerry Hall'; gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
> Subject: RE: Considering GNUCash
>
>        If MS Money is old enough to not require activation and you are
> still running Windows, I don't see why it wouldn't work there, you might
> have to get XP Mode set up, as it may not run on your new OS natively, but
> the processor itself shouldn't prevent it from running.  That said, I don't
> know if the old MS license was perpetual and/or transferrable, so setting
> it
> up in XP Mode might be illegal.  I switched to GNUCash from MS Money last
> year, probably 2005 or 2006, and had experience similar to Bob's (except I
> don't use the tax stuff, never have gotten in that deep).  I'd recommend
> going to GNUCash if you can.  I say that as an IT person who prefers to
> remain legally licensed AND spend less.  However, if you do switch, expect
> a
> learning curve, and maybe review the concept guide before you try to import
> your MS Money file
>        Dustin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnucash-user-bounces+the00dustin=gmx.net at gnucash.org
> [mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+the00dustin=gmx.net at gnucash.org] On Behalf Of
> Bob Plantz
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 11:56
> To: 'Jerry Hall'; gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
> Subject: RE: Considering GNUCash
>
> I migrated from Quicken to GNUCash several years ago. I do not use any
> online features, preferring to enter all my values by hand. I don't do
> anything especially complex: checking accounts; credit cards; mutual funds;
> etc.
>
> The migration was a little tedious, but it uncovered some accounting errors
> I had made in Quicken. Since GNUCash uses a double entry system, and
> Quicken
> does not (at least, not at that time), I was forced to correct my errors. I
> had to learn some new things in order to use GNUCash, but I felt it was
> worth it due to the increased accounting accuracy.
>
> I am able to export a txf file from the Tax Schedule Report each year. I
> have used that with both TurboTax and H&R Block At Home. Of course I still
> have to go through the tax preparation program and correct some entries,
> but
> I had to do that with Quicken.
>
>
> Overall, I consider GNUCash to be a much better program than what Quicken
> was several years ago. Quicken has probably improved since then. I do not
> have experience with MS Money.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gnucash-user-bounces+rgplantz=gmail.com at gnucash.org
> > [mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+rgplantz=gmail.com at gnucash.org] On Behalf
> > Of Jerry Hall
> > Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 3:15 PM
> > To: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
> > Subject: Considering GNUCash
> >
> > Currently using MS Money on an old machine.  Just got a new i5 and was
> told
> > that MS Money will not work there.
> >
> > All I want is to be able to mimic what MS Money was doing in the "work
> > offline" mode.  That is, no communication with banks or credit unions
> > or credit cards.  Just a check register with a reconciliation feature,
> > and
> reporting
> > for listing expenditures for tax reporting.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jerry
> > jwh.krh at gmail.com
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