Comments on: QuickBooks 2010 Pricing

By: Charlie

Charlie — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:08:31 +0000

Jaynee, the license allows you to install the program on two computers as long as only one is used at a time. The typical situation is a copy on your desktop and a copy on your laptop, but it should work well with what you are considering.

By: Jaynee

Jaynee — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:16:16 +0000

Hi Charlie:

I am thinking about updrading my Quickbooks 2003 to the 2010 Pro version. I have an older computer and want to install on that one, although plan on getting a new computer in 2010. Can I install Quickbooks on mutiple computers?

Thanks for your help.

Jaynee

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:32:22 +0000

Thanks, Charlie, for your reply & website. Recently discovered and very helpful!

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:52:09 +0000

John, to answer your other question – for most businesses (but not all) the very first thing that comes to mind about recommending Premier over Pro is the Sales Order feature. There are so many uses for this for many businesses. In the Intuit Community Forum many times the answer to a question is that you want to use sales orders. I probably should write an article on that…

Also, per item price level lists is a very useful feature to many businesses.

Of course, I can’t say that Premier is better for every business. I would have to know more about a business to be able to make a firm recommendation. But all of my direct support clients have found that they are better off with Premier (or Enterprise for larger companies).

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:45:38 +0000

John - there is a difference between buying an upgrade versus installing versus using an upgrade. Buy the upgrade whenever it makes sense for you - now if you get a good price for example. You can install it now, as long as you install it to a separate folder than your current version, so that you can play with the new version and test it (with a test company, not your "production" data). What I recommend in several of my articles is that you wait awhile before you use the upgrade to run your business. I've already run into some bugs with just a few minutes of testing - I don't recommend trusting your business with this until we get to R2 or R3, most likely. Even if you don't want to wait for that, test it before you convert your file so that you can determine what is different from before.

By: John Stacy

John Stacy — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:50:00 +0000

Hey Charlie!! Thx for the great articles!! Why do you prefer Premier over Pro?? Would Premier take care of some of the issues I’ve had?? (well, QB issues anyway…;-) Didn’t you have an article about waiting a while before upgrading so all the bugs can be weeded out?? I thought it was you, but maybe I read it somewhere else?? Thx for all the help!!

John

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:38:19 +0000

Kathy, any of the options I list above will work for the Premier Nonprofit edition. If you go to Amazon, it says "Premier Industry Editions" - that is what you want. When you install the program you are asked what industry to install, and Nonprofit is one of your choices. Or if you go to my web site, there is a NonProfit link, but in the Intuit web site it will again say "Premier Industry Editions". Same thing applies.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:31:15 +0000

Do you have a price or recommendation on where to purchase a 3-user premier nonprofit edition of Quickbooks 2010?

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:26:18 +0000

Intuit doesn’t discount Enterprise. You won’t find it in the online stores, you won’t find a discount like I offer through my web site. You either buy it at full retail through Intuit, or you buy it from a ProAdvisor. Some ProAdvisors will provide you with a discount, but that is discouraged (they would be giving you some of their own price break).

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:10:50 +0000

Great website! What is the best option for enterprise edition? Thanks.