Well, I've been using QuickBooks 2007 for my small business, and am a fan of that product: 2007 retail version, and it works quite well!  I was quite excited to get an opportunity to review QuickBooks Pro 2011 - a great chance to upgrade and use all the new features!  But I could never get the installation to work successfully.  I will say I did have QUITE a bit of trouble with this installation: QuickBooks 2011 did not want to install on my computer at all: I am running Windows XP on a 5 year old laptop with plenty of memory and RAM (and incidentally, meets all the minimum requirements listed on the box).  The disc would spin up and begin installation, but would always stall out and fail.  So I went and bought more RAM just in case, and tried again after installing that: still fail.  I took it over to my brother (who runs his own computer business) and he could not get it to work either: he suggested perhaps I had a bad installation CD.  Whatever the case, I am quite disappointed that I can't use or give a 'real' review on QuickBooks Pro 2011, but can only write about a failed installation.  Kinda hard to 'return' a product when you received it write a review...so my review is about a bad installation disc...so sad.
Well, I've been using QuickBooks 2007 for my small business, and am a fan of that product: 2007 retail version, and it works quite well! I was quite excited to get an opportunity to review QuickBooks Pro 2011 - a great chance to upgrade and use all the new features! But I could never get the installation to work successfully. I will say I did have QUITE a bit of trouble with this installation: QuickBooks 2011 did not want to install on my computer at all: I am running Windows XP on a 5 year old laptop with plenty of memory and RAM (and incidentally, meets all the minimum requirements listed on the box). The disc would spin up and begin installation, but would always stall out and fail. So I went and bought more RAM just in case, and tried again after installing that: still fail. I took it over to my brother (who runs his own computer business) and he could not get it to work either: he suggested perhaps I had a bad installation CD. Whatever the case, I am quite disappointed that I can't use or give a 'real' review on QuickBooks Pro 2011, but can only write about a failed installation. Kinda hard to 'return' a product when you received it write a review... so my review is about a bad installation disc... so sad.