Filippa,

I have to agree with you.  I have personally used Quicken/Quickbooks for over 25 years.  The $$ I have spent have to update to a new version is crazy.  Quicken/Quickbooks was very reasonable when they first came out.  It has gotten so expensive now.  For users who have had purchased Quicken/Quickbooks programs, I believe there should be and "upgrade" price instead of "buying" the new program every time.  I just believe since I PURCHASED the program, I should be able to upgrade instead of buying new like someone who had never purchased it before.  Same reason I went to a Mac, I was tired of upgrading MS all the time as well.  The should be different levels of pricing for long time users.  What I would like to do is find another accounting program to use but I'm afraid Intuit has the market cornered and once you are using their system, it's very hard to switch to another software.  Frustrating for sure!