Gone is the horrible toolbar navigation with multiple windows. The first thing you'll notice is the completely redesigned interface. If an easy overview of your financial life is the goal Intuit had in mind, they've outdone themselves. The majority of them just want to know: How much do I have? How much do I owe? How much do I spend on gas and food? How many times do I go to this restaurant? How many times do I go to Starbucks? What investments do I have? Let me set a budget to control my spending.' We went to people's homes and watched them use it. When I interviewed Aaron Patzer, VP/GM of Intuit's Personal Finance Group, he was quick to point out that it's called Quicken Essentials for a reason: 'It's called Essentials because it's what we consider to be essential for most users - about 80% of users. Is it worth the wait? Well that depends what you need in your financial software.
I've been using the program for a few weeks now. It's called Quicken Essentials for Mac and is a ground up Cocoa rewrite. After a four year absence, the next version of Quicken for the Mac is here.
