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★☆☆☆☆
Not a good revamp at all
I have been using QuickBooks Premier 2010 quite happily for a couple of years now (and previous versions for 15 years before that) but I need to upgrade to a three user license - I thought that since I have to buy two more licenses anyway and they all have to be the same version, this would be the time to upgrade - I ordered one copy of the newly released Premier 2013 to try out.
I am glad I only ordered one - This is awful!
I just returned it today under the 60 day satisfaction guarantee and ordered Premier 2012 which, hopefully, judging by my research online, does not suck so bad. If 2012 works out when I receive it, I will snag two more copies before they are fully superseded.
The deal killer in 2013 is the 'new' interface - Everything else seems to work just like my 2010 version only illegibly. In other words, 'upgrade' only if you think your current interface is too friendly.
The first major disaster in this version is the light-gray text and icons on a dark-gray background which make you have to squint and lean into the monitor to make out.
The second disaster is the size of the font and text spacing on the sub-pages is HUGE. I have a standard 1920x1200 monitor and i like to keep my reminders window to no more than a screen size tall - In other words, I like to see all my current information in one all-encompassing view. After converting to 2013, I have to page down TWICE to see the exact same information as in my pre-converted 2010 version.
Aside from those two points, there are a lot of smaller things - Gray forms that make the text on them hard to read, awkward ribbon navigation which could be entertaining if you like to play hide and seek with your icons.
One other interesting thing another reviewer pointed out - If you look at all the people that give this version five stars and check out what they have reviewed in the past, most of them have only ever reviewed Intuit Quickbooks products and given them five stars. Coincidence???? Unlikely!
I know double entry bookkeeping has not changed hardly at all since it was first codified in the 15th century and Intuit has to turn out a new version of their accounting software every year and this disconnect must inevitably lead to some creative thinking on Intuits part but this is too much. Could they not just say "Hey! we cannot think of anything new this year so we will skip 2013 and hopefully, we will have some more positive ideas of 2014 - Thanks for your support".
Update - I did replace the hideous 2013 with 2012 - Way better - Not a compelling upgrade from my old 2010 but no negatives as far as I can see.
October 2012 · Software · verified purchase