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| From: Microsoft Software
List Price: $79.99
Buy New: $34.49
You Save: $45.50 (57%)
New (2) Used (3) from $11.92
Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 1681
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Me, Windows Xp, Windows 2000
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.4 x 1.4
MPN: S66-00016
Model: S66-00016
UPC: 882224019149
EAN: 0882224019149
ASIN: B0009KLGOK
Release Date: July 5, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
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| Customer Reviews:
 What's new? August 19, 2005
R. Anderson (Connecticut)
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
I have been using Money for years and use most of the features. After installing Money 2006 I had a difficult time finding anything different from the 2005 version. I think it is a good product but certainly not worth upgrading from the 2005 version. If you have 2005 version you might as well stick with it. I can't tell the difference between the two.
 The alternative. September 30, 2005
T. A. Bess (Escondido, CA)
17 out of 23 found this review helpful
You either use Quicken or MS Money (or some 3rd party variety) personal finance software. If you're happy with what you're using, why change?
The reason I changed is that I had been using Quicken for a number of years, then migrated to a different hard drive. Oooops! I misplaced my Quicken 2003 CD-ROM! Well, time to upgrade, anyway. Let's take a look at what's available on Amazon...Hmmmm...let's read the reviews...hmmm...HMMMMM! It seems as if Quicken has gone the way of so many successful high tech trail blazers: greedy corporate moguls. Before they were the Davids, now they are the Goliaths (Names like Apple, Compuserve, and even Microsoft come to mind).
Well, heck, why stay with a vendor who is phasing out backward compatibility and going greedy corporate on me, when I can switch to a backward compatible (and certainly always MS operating system compatible) long term greedy corporate icon? MS Money 2006 is the ticket. Yeah, gee, I was so getting used to Quicken making me add all these balance adjustments every time I downloaded financial data from my bank or credit cards. Oh, well, time to learn something new. I've learned not to get too attached to any single vendor. Free market competition, and let the vendor who screws me the least get my business.
There is a learning curve to MS Money, like any new software. It imported all my Quicken data without any major hiccups. Yeah, it does things a little differently in some areas, but it works basically the same. I haven't used it long enough to complain too much. And, why are we using this kind of software, anyway? To consolidate and keep accurate locatable records, pay bills, know how much money I have to spend, and make tax time easier, right? OK, it does all that. It is also compatible with most financial institution data download formats. The rest is just personal preference and value.
Your mileage may vary depending on how you drive.
 Almost Totally Useless.... October 5, 2005
Greg of Lynnwood
17 out of 22 found this review helpful
The bill paying / scheduling is not integrated with the 'accounts' ( not is the budget feature as far as I can tell...). I could not enter my existing mortgage information -- it insisted that the amounts were *wrong*. (Gee... perhaps I should tell that to my bank...).
I cant link a scheduled payment with a credit card account (or loan account, etc...). There doesn't seem to be any way for it to automatically recognize payments (for example an electronic payment to citibank - you have to catagorize it yourself each and every month).
I would say that half of the screens are nothing but advertising from various financial insitutions (who probably paid MS loads of money for the privledge).
I'm going back to Quicken....
Nice features - fairly good buy August 20, 2005
Walter (San Jose, CA USA)
16 out of 20 found this review helpful
I've been using Money 2004 Deluxe and I read an article that recommended that unless there are some obviously good features in a new version of Money - you only need to buy the new version every two or three years. The reason being is that after a while Microsoft does not make the patches and fixes available for download and over the last two years I've had to re-install Money 2004 that I know I don't get the updates anymore.
Since Money 2005 didn't provide any significant features (of interest to me) I've decided to try Money 2006 Premium this year. I've been using it for the last three weeks and it has been a nice surprise. Are there any (great) new features that compells an existing user of Money to upgrade - nope. But the biggest feature that I like is the online integration - something that Microsoft started doing with the 2005 product.
It's so cool to have Money 2006 automatically go out to all my bank accounts and get the latest information and all I have to do is review and accept. Much less painful that my manual entries and then having to log into my bank accounts and verify that payments have been processed.
As to the other posts regarding having problems ... it's been an easy install for me and linking to my MSN account has also been a breeze. I've had no problems with it so far - and even syncing to my palm with Ultrasoft has been just as stable.
Yuck! December 6, 2005
M. Hoezee
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
Decided to try the free trial from Microsoft Money 2006 Premium. If your looking to change or upgrade, I highly recommend the free trial before you buy anything.
I use this software exclusively for tracking my stocks and options transactions.
I've spent about 3 days trying to get my Money 2006 setup and working correctly. It still doesn't work right. The program fails to correctly handle most of the options transactions downloaded during the account setup. It outright fails to recognize any option transactions that expired.
Reporting is terrible. The user interface is awful, you can't navigate your way through the application easily. You can't go back to your portfolio from reports without going back to the first menu and drilling back down to the individual account.
I really dislike that the program wants your Passport signon and password everytime you log into the application.
It also refuses to let you setup up a manual account that isn't tied to a bank or brokerage company. So your basically forced to deal with the automated links/downloads whether you want to or not.
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