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Peachtree Accounting 2004

Peachtree Accounting 2004

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From: Best Software SB, Inc.
Category: Software

List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $15.00
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Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars 6 reviews
Sales Rank: 6718

Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Nt, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows NT
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.7 x 2.8

Model: PAW04RT
UPC: 040689003008
EAN: 0040689003008
ASIN: B000093ISL

Release Date: July 1, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Customer Reviews:   Read 1 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars Too Expensive. Poor Support for Small Business   May 3, 2006
St Sanford (Long Island, NY United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

DO NOT BUY PEACHTREE if you want to enjoy your experience.
I own a small business with 2 peachtree users. Myself and my bookkeeper. My Bookkeeper works remotely, guess what, she cannot use 2006 on terminal services even though 2004 worked fine. What's up with that?

They keep sticking their hands into our pockets, charging more for upgrades, support, services, etc. I am seriously considering a switch to QuickBooks.



5 out of 5 stars Awesome   February 5, 2005
Mott The Hoople
7 out of 8 found this review helpful

If you were smart and took advantage of a $160 rebate offered by a major office supply store to get this product for free, you would share my feeling that this is one of the best things I EVER bought. After using it for a year-I would even pay the $160-it's that good! Sure, you need a rudimentary knowledge of accounting to set your business up in Peachtree-but if you're not willing to put the time in to learn that, you shouldn't be running a small business in the first place. Peachtree doesn't serve up all the answers on a plate-you have to put some effort into understanding how your business decisions impact your accounting. Is that so terrible?
The fact of the matter is, this program has taught me more about the accounting process than I ever wanted to know. And in the process, has allowed me to focus on growing my business instead of just entering data. I didn't start a small business to sit there entering information.
Major pros-
1/email function-turn off your fax machine and click twice to email purchase orders.
2/import function-has saved me literally days-set up a .csv file - click -and purchase orders, invoices, payments and receipts are written-as if by magic!
If you're in a highly detailed business-spend some time witn Peachtree and you'll never know how you got along without it!




3 out of 5 stars Accounting background recommended   June 23, 2004
Kurt Straker (Barbados)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful

I don't want to rate the product as such (3 means neutral) but I would advise anyone thinking of using Peachtree to either have an understanding of accounting or an accountant nearby. It is a very good program but it does demand some accounting kowledge or technical skill.


1 out of 5 stars Very complex for Small Business   May 2, 2004
William Kelgore (Ann Arbor, MI)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful

This software could be good if you are an experienced accountant. However I think it is very complex and hard to work with if you want it to be simple and fun to work with. Good luck in your selection.


1 out of 5 stars Would not buy again   March 25, 2004
10 out of 12 found this review helpful

I got this product (Accounting 2004) to run my small business. I would not recommend this product to anyone.

I tried running the included tutorial to learn to navigate around this product, but the tutorial was meaningless to someone who is new to accounting principles - the tutorial is simply a imaginary company with imaginary data. It just shows you in which "bin" each of the imaginary data goes, but doesn't help you to correlate your information to the imaginary data and then into the "bins."

This is particular true for me since the tutorial provides for a typical products based company (i.e. lots of invoices from vendors and some invoices from your company), while my business is a service business - much like the audience for this Peachtree product. I couldn't fully service business information on top of their product based company tutorial.

The final straw that made me junk this product before fully implementing it is that this product does not (or at least I cannot find) understand setting up multiple checking accounts and/or setting up a trust account.

In my line of work I handle trust money and must account for each client's trust money in a pooled trust account. I don't believe this product gives me that ability and upon a call to Peachtree customer service, they would not answer this basic question without requiring me to pay for a service plan. The help file and online help community was likewise unhelpful. Yes, they offer 30 days of free customer service, but my issue cropped up after the 30 days time period.

In short I am out a bunch of money for a product that I will uninstall. I don't even think I can sell it at a substantial discount legally. I would recommend Quickbooks instead of this thing.

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