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    Money Plus Deluxe

    Money Plus Deluxe

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    From: Microsoft Software
    Category: Software

    List Price: $49.99
    Buy New: $28.50
    You Save: $21.49 (43%)



    New (18) Used (3) from $26.90

    Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars 56 reviews
    Sales Rank: 34

    Format: Cd
    Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Xp Professional, Windows Xp Home Edition
    Media: CD-ROM
    Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
    Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.5 x 1.3
    Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.

    MPN: KEA-00003
    Model: KEA-00003
    UPC: 882224507806
    EAN: 0882224507806
    ASIN: B000SKZHM8

    Release Date: August 27, 2007
    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

    Features:
      • All your finances in one place
      • Improve your financial picture
      • Understand your spending
      • Get a desktop glance at the information you need most
      • Improve your investment strategy with help from the experts at MSN Money

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      • Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2008

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    Editorial Reviews:

    Product Description
    Microsoft Money Plus Deluxe provides important financial information at a glance and helps you manage accounts, spending, and budgeting to improve your financial outlook. Manage your day-to-day finances and stay on top of the day to day information you need most.

    Amazon.com
    Microsoft Money Plus Deluxe provides all the tools you need to handle your finances in one place. The new Insights feature allows you to get a glance at your finances without even launching Money.

    Money Plus Deluxe home page.

    Spending Insights alert you when you've reached or are nearing your spending limits.

    Cash Flow Insights show what's flowing in and out of your accounts.

    Bills Insights alert you if bills are overdue or due soon.

    Taking Money's award-winning features to a whole new level.
    Microsoft Money Plus still provides all the tools you need to handle your finances in one place. But it also gives you a quick glance--without launching Money--at the financial information you need to keep you on top of your finances like never before.

    Money's key features are still here:

    • Manage your money your way, from the big picture down to the details.
    • Forecast cash flow and stay on top of monthly spending.
    • Tackle tax time with ease, from finding deductions to estimating taxes.
    • Improve your investment strategy with help from the experts at MSN Money.
    • Help protect and improve your credit, and reduce your debt.

    Plus, there's so much that's new--Insights!
    With Insights, get a desktop glance at the information you need most, without launching money.

    Spending Insights--Alerts you when you've reached or are nearing your spending limits.

    Cash Flow Insights--See what's flowing in and out of your accounts.

    Bills Insights--Alerts you if bills are overdue or due soon.

    Plus, enjoy even more new and improved features:

    Link to statements, checks, or images from a transaction. Quickly add links to images and other files to keep important records and information handy, organized, and up-to-date.

    Background banking helps ensure your account information is up-to-date.

    Which version is right for you?

    DELUXE
    PREMIUM
    HOME &
    BUSINESS
    KEEP YOUR FINANCES IN SHAPE
    Balance your checkbook

    Cash Flow Insights give you a glance at spending
    Automatically categorize spending
    Bills Insights show upcoming and overdue bills
    Know which bills are paid and due
    Enhanced background banking keeps information up-to-date
    IMPROVE YOUR FINANCIAL PICTURE
    Create and manage a budget
    Link to statements, checks, or images from a transaction
    Stay on top of credit and debt
    Spending insights help you stay on top of spending
    Tips, tools, articles, and integration with MSN Money
    Value pack of financial services
    Up to $450 Value
    Up to $900 Value
    Plan for retirement, college, and other goals
    MANAGE TAXES
    Export to tax preparation software
    Estimate taxes and find hidden deductions
    Minimize capital gains taxes
    MANAGE INVESTMENTS
    Analyze your portfolio, manage 401(k) and IRA
    Track U.S. markets, commodities, currencies, and more
    View Morningstar ratings in the popular ETF Center
    The Motley Fool CAPS on MSN Money
    Make tax-smart investment choices
    MANAGE YOUR SMALL BUSINESS
    Create estimates and invoices
    View business reports and graphs
    Do your payroll online
    Monigot invoices and receivables
    Track Schedule C items



    Customer Reviews:   Read 51 more reviews...

    2 out of 5 stars Newer versions move closer to quick expiration and online-only features   June 29, 2008
    D. Green (Nevada)
    I used Quicken for about 10 years. I switched to MS Money in 2004. I loved Money 2004 compared to older Quicken. I decided to upgrade to Money Plus so I could keep online updates working. Bottom line - both Quicken and Money get the job done - with a lot of frustration and questionable business practices. I would say that I don't have a choice - but I guess I do - I just prefer the advanced feature set more than I hate their corporate shenanigans, for now.

    Key notes on this new version:
    - Yes, it seems to take forever to complete an update. It isn't doing anything either - no CPU usage, no network traffic, nada. This is lame.
    I use a personal firewall, and I used to be able to block Money 2004 from connecting for software updates to money (and thus expiration notes, ads, etc). With Money Plus, it seems to have consolidated the updates and quotes features, so I either get everything or nothing. It actually tries to do updates randomly while you're running the program. You'll notice that on the Update Now screen, you no longer have the "Download Money Updates" checkbox.
    Note that the "online update" takes up to 30 minutes even with my personal firewall disabled.
    - The Help/Manual is now "online-only" and isn't searchable. That really irks me, even though I know it is probably not going to help me anyway.

    Other than that, I generally like the interface and reports.

    As with a lot of other people, I wish MS would just charge a yearly subscription fee instead of forcing upgrades. The older versions have everything, and I'd pay the upgrade price to keep using a functioning old copy and they could have their endless revenue stream.



    5 out of 5 stars Money One   June 27, 2008
    William L. Blackburn (Mechanicsville,Virginia)
    Money One for 2008 is a good program to purchase. It is easy to down load. I had no problems with any of the down load processing. The program works great.it is a great tool developed by Microsoft to monitor and help you control your expenses. I would suggest everyone purchase a copy of this program.


    4 out of 5 stars Works pretty much like Money 2007 except WPA   June 10, 2008
    M. Nelson (CA, USA)
    1 out of 1 found this review helpful

    I have been using Microsoft Money for over 10 years and have been pretty satisfied with it. I only upgraded because I was almost out of online banking time with Money 2007. After reading some of the Quicken reviews I am glad I still have Money in spite of some drawbacks.

    With every new edition of Money the file size has been getting larger and larger. It used to fit a backup on a floppy disk. No more.

    Some of the problems people complain about in the reviews can be solved by changing the settings. One example is of the names on downloaded transactions remaining how you put them.

    I do not like the WPA feature, though. I am going to need to do a factory restore of Vista and will need to contact the Money people in order to get a new install code because you are limited to 2 installs and I put it on my laptop too.

    With Windows needing restores about 12-18 months I will be in contact with Money support lots more than I would like.



    3 out of 5 stars Money Plus Deluxe - Good but needs a serious upgrade   June 7, 2008
    biochem
    3 out of 3 found this review helpful

    I use both Microsoft Money Plus Deluxe and Quicken 2008 Premier. While Microsoft Money has an easier to use interface, it lacks a considerable number of items found in Quicken that I wish they would incorporate. First, by right-clicking on a payee in Quicken, you can get a full report of transactions to that payee, while in Money you are given a very limited report. Also I entered depreciation for my car and Quicken correctly did not add that to my Income & Expenses Report, while Money did. I also notice that Quicken has more tools, like a loan calculator, that Money does not have (Money did have in earlier versions, but it appears it was removed). You can enter home inventory in both programs, but in Money the only way I found you could access it is by finding how to modify your home page to include home inventory, while in Quicken home inventory is simply under a pull-down menu. I'm not clear why Microsoft seems to hide this feature. If your financial needs are simple, then the interface of Microsoft Money is probably the best thing to get. However, for more complicated financial situations, I found Quicken to be much more encompassing. Microsoft needs to do a serious upgrade to Money and it can start by simply looking at its main competitor.


    1 out of 5 stars Bugs Galore   May 23, 2008
    J. Hildebrand (Shreveport, LA USA)
    2 out of 3 found this review helpful

    Money Plus Deluxe 2008 has given me 6 hours of time to get to know the tech support in Chihuaha, Mexico. After two long sessions the tech guy finally gave up and gave me the number to the refund department. He said there are many known problems, and the Service Pack 1 has not fixed them. Don't waste your money or time with this product.

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