QuickBooks Pro 2013

✔SALE: 44% OFF QuickBooks Pro 2013... 3.4 out of 5 stars CONSUMER REVIEWS(534) Easy to set up, learn and use Organize everything in one place and save time on everyday tasks Track how your business is doing with one-click financial, tax and sales reports Get the information you need with easy-to-use reports Get complete and reliable records at tax time Price: $249.95 Deal Price: $139.99

Description QuickBooks Pro helps you organize your business finances all in one place so you can complete your frequent tasks in fewer steps. A few days ago I "upgraded" to 2013 and promptly went back to 2012. The new screen layout is a disaster. There are two main problems:1.) You can no longer change color schemes for your different companies to make it easier to tell which company you are working in. Actually, they have removed any and all ability for you to change the screen appearance in any way. Instead of adding functionality here, they just removed it all! They have decided that they know what fits you best and you can like it or lump it!2.) They have enlarged the screen fonts until there is at least 30% LESS information visible on the screen. Sure, large fonts can be seen from a distance, but you also can't see very many characters in the same space. So, what happens, is that to navigate your information you have to do MUCH more scrolling than you used to do. Scrolling takes time and is frustrating. Also, horizontally you can't see as many characters in a column. So if you have two names... Just something to consider before purchasing: Although I must say there are a few nice upgrades to this version over QB 2012, I don't think the average user will think they outweigh the major step backwards in the visuals of the new product. (The following complaint has now been remedied. See update below.) The color scheme has changed drastically. The desktop is a dull gray and the icon bar is black with thin white text for the titles -- very difficult to read and differentiate between the icons. The dullness gives me a head-ache, and I'm not the only one who feels this way. Definitely look at it on someone else's computer before making the investment. I'm hoping Intuit provides a fix to this problem so I can use this version, but for now I'm sticking with 2012! (I will definitely change my review if it gets fixed.)UPDATE: I must give credit to Intuit for finally listening to their customers regarding the color scheme changes. The latest Release, which is #6,...