Intuit has aligned itself with more than 1,400 credit card companies, banks and financial institutions to provide various services to Quicken 2001 for Mac users, including online financial services, online banking and investment services. 'An average American pays 17 bills a month, or 204 a year, according to the Bill Payers Association of America,' he said, adding that 'the consequence of not paying a bill could affect your credit.' Quicken 2001 rummages through data files to alert users on when monthly bills need to be paid, like mortgage or credit card payments, Samuels added. The software's most important feature is the 'missed bill reminder' feature, Samuels said. Quicken 2001 itself has a number of new features that help make management and organization of finances easier, according to Samuels. Product reviews and computing news from IDG.net Questions about computers? Let IDG.net's editors help you

TechInformer: The Thinking Internaut's Guide to the Tech Industryĭownload free PC software from 'Users can substitute for Quicken's desktop edition, though not completely,' Samuels said. He added that a lot of Quicken's functionality has been moved to, the company's online personal finance Web site. 'We are moving more and more resources to the Web,' said Adam Samuels, product manager at Intuit, in a phone interview Wednesday. Quicken 2001 has been built more as a more Web-enabled product compared with Quicken 2000 for the Mac, Intuit said.

The software will be compatible with MacOS version 8.6 and above and will require 32M bytes of RAM (random access memory) to run. Tagged at a retail price of $59.95 for new users of the personal finance software with a $20 rebate for users of previous Quicken versions, Quicken 2001 is expected to become available next month. (IDG) - Intuit promised to ease the 'taxing' process of managing personal finances for Macintosh users with Wednesday's announcement of Quicken 2001 Deluxe for the Macintosh. Quicken 2001 for the Mac can download and track stock market data from the Internet

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