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TaxCut 2002 Deluxe Filing Edition
from HR Block Financial.
I have been using Taxcut for 4+ years and have been delighted with the program. I have gotten much more money back using the recommendations that the software provides and the speed of my return is phenominal, usually in 8-10 days with e-filing and direct deposit. Another plus is that all of the...
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0
from Adobe.
Photoshop Elements is a truly outstanding photo editing program. Here are seven of the tools that I use all of the time: 1. Auto Levels -- With one click, colors pop and become more vibrant. Skin tones are optimized. The color cast from indoor or fluorescent lighting is eliminated. To do this...
TurboTax Deluxe 2002
from Intuit, Inc..
I've used this program for many years, and it is an excellent tax program, but the new activation scheme makes it a poor choice now for me. Here's why: I can no longer work on my taxes on the computer in my study (that has no attached printer), and then copy the tax file and print out the results...
QuickBooks Pro 2003
from Intuit, Inc..
I could only chuckle seeing as the ONLY positive review about QB2003 comes from someone who has a business depending on it (the Nancy Schiff review). I know the program in and out, not only from user's experience but (as a 23-year-in-business software developer) also programming-wise. I can tell...
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Upgrade
from Microsoft.
Windows XP does the deed that Microsoft has been aiming to achieve since the milestone release of Windows 95. I have been using Windows XP since pre-beta 2 when the OS was still under the codename Whistler. I have seen the ups and downs, the improvements, the additions and subtractions and have been...
Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7.0 Anniversary Edition
from Jasc Software.
Only adobe photoshop has more power but that last few percent of features would be used by high end pro's. Psp is easy to use many time saving innovations can do anything including animation, about 1/10th the price of photoshop.
VirusScan Home Edition 7.0
from McAfee.
I've pre-ordered VirusScan 7.0 because I used the beta version and I was EXTREMELY impressed. Very stable, easy-to-use, and comes with an excellent firewall. I have found the slowdown problems of the past version to be nonexistent. I have VirusScan set to run in the background scanning all files...
QuickBooks Pro 5-Copy Value Pack 2003
from Intuit, Inc..
This is an excellent software bundle, yet does have some drawbacks. Obviously this is the 5 User bundle, so the ultra-small business owners that only need 1 copy should find the single user copy. For multiple users, this is an excellent value. Quickbooks offers a multitude of options for almost...
Final Draft 6
from Final Draft.
Please note that this is advertised as being ok for win 95 platform; all the literature for loading/install plugged this at win 98 and above only. I still haven't been able to enable the text-to-speech option, despite having re-installed the package several times on my laptop. But this is fairly...
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
from Microsoft.
I've been using Ppt for a while but not anymore. Before I upgraded, that is when I was considering upgrading, I downloaded OpenOffice.org, the free version of StarOffice, and I was blown away. It opened all my PowerPoint files, and it has most of the same features. I use Impress all the time now,...
Microsoft FrontPage 2002
from Microsoft.
I bought FrontPage 98 a few years ago probably for the same reason you're at this page now--I wanted to start making my own web pages, but I was intimidated by all the stuff I would have to learn. FrontPage is a great tool to get you started, but, if you talk to enough people, and you spend as...
Norton Internet Security 2003
from Symantec.
I have been using norton antivirus for years with no problems. But the firewall is another story. If the firewall from Norton Internet Security is enabled, you cannot get onto AOL. I spent hours trying to configure it to work and contacted technical support to no avail. AOL response is norton's...
AutoCAD LT 2002
I've been a regular user of AutoCad now for well over a decade (I started on R10.) I've had various versions of LT on my home computers since '95. If you work in a 2-D environment, then it is everything you really need. In fact, even though I use full AutoCad at work (R14) I regularly take drawings...
Quicken 2003 Basic
from Intuit, Inc..
I recently had a worm on my computer and was forced to reformat my hard drive. After reformatting I realized that I could not find my old copy of Quicken 99 to reinstall. I'd used that program for the past few years for basic checkbook functions as well as credit card transactions. I use Quickbooks...
Microsoft Office XP Professional Special Edition Upgrade
from Microsoft.
Microsoft Office XP is a large improvement over Office 2000. Not only is the [slightly] new interface more refined, but the smarttags and more features are great. The difference between Office 2000 and XP is very similar to that of Office 97 and 2000; there are suttle changes that you do not notice...
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Essentials 6
from Scansoft.
I bought this software recently and was pretty skeptical about speech recognition capabilities in general. After using Dragon 6 I really changed my mind. Not only the speech technology is very efficient but the software also has a lot of functionalities to drive your computer by using speech. When...
TurboTax State 45 Multi State 2002
from Intuit, Inc..
I have not used this year's version of TT State yet, but a few years ago I had to file in two states. I bought the multi-state edition (the purpose is for TT to only have to make one version of the software to sell nationwide, not for customers to be able to use more than one state) and by calling...
Norton SystemWorks 2003
from Symantec.
First of all, this review is for NSW 2003 Suite, not for the Profesional Edition which has a few extras. Anyway lets start. I have been using NSW for about 4 years now and I have to say that their latest version, runs smoothly with no problems on my PC. I have Windows XP Home Edition installed,...
MoonBase Commander
from Infogrames Entertainment.
The game starts out and you have control of a hub that is placed on the surface of a moon. This hub has the ability to make clones of itself. As well as produce many offensive and defensive units. Ok not sounding too revolutionary is it? The cool thing about moonbase is the way you create and...
Microsoft Money 2003 Deluxe
from Microsoft.
I've used Money since Money98, and Money 2003 is (finally!) a very good product/upgrade solution. What I like: Money 2003 is much more code-efficient than Money 2002 (which was a terrible performer -- even on a fast 2 gig Pentium), so everything is quicker: reports run quickly, data entry is...
Microsoft Project 2002
from Microsoft.
I got a trial by fire, or rather, immersion, in this software. I got a copy at work and had to immediately set up a project. Oh, the pain, the pain. This software has just about everything you could ever need to set up a project, including GANTT charts, PERT charts and schedules. Project set-up...
TaxCut 2002 State Edition
from HR Block Financial.
Be very careful when ordering this software..It does not prompt you for "your" state..however if you look very very very closely at the picture you maybe can determine if your state is included..If not in sooo very small print it states that for an added fee you can purchase your state...
Norton AntiVirus 2003
from Symantec.
I don't know how many times I have been sent viruses over the last year, but it would have to be nearly a 1000. If you use email like I do, you are definitely no stranger to viruses that lurk around every corner in cyberspace. Norton saved me plenty of times and the 40 or so dollars you spend on...
Microsoft Office XP Standard for Students and Teachers
from Microsoft.
MS Office XP is the best Office to date. It has minimal bugs, and number of nice usability features. The educational edition sells for what the suite should normally be priced at. The full, non-upgrade price is obscene. Read the license carefully. Not only must you be a student or teacher, but you...
Peachtree Complete Accounting 2003
Pardon me for jumping back in but I want to clarify comments made by an earlier reviewer who indicated changes in W-2 layouts from year to year necessitate ordering the pricy payroll service. Not usually true. W-2 "reports" are customizable - you can go to the designer and add or remove fields that...
Norton Personal Firewall 2003
from Symantec.
This product is expansive and lacks a real anti-trojan protection. It doesn't check the binaries integrity. The logs are storing less than 10% of the usefull informations and lack to be automatically generated in a standard format. All the default rules are not described, and this product fails to...
Microsoft Office XP Professional
from Microsoft.
This is by far the best office suite ever developed, and has been for years. Relative cost is largely irrelevant if what you do all day is work on documents, spreadsheets, simple databases, e-mail, etc. and you want the best environment available. There is no comparable alternative. Star Office is...
TurboTax Basic 2002
from Intuit, Inc..
After the hassle I had last year with Intuit and the "free" state version I will not buy another product from them. I made many, many, phone calls (my dime, my time), e-mails with the worst support/help I have yet to encounter--and in the tech industry that is not a compliment as very few in this...
Dreamweaver MX
from Macromedia.
Macromedia is like the Hollywood of software: they'll hype something to death. Sure, you get a decent product, but it's not worthy of the praise it gets. Take Dreamweaver for example. I'm a college graduate and had to pour heavily into a book before I got results from Dreamweaver. And you'd think...
Adobe Acrobat 5.0
from Adobe.
Those of us who work with computers find files in all sorts of varying formats, so a tool like Acrobat is absolutely invaluable. One of the principal features is the PDF printer, which allows the user to break into any file and read or print it(e.g. an html page from a website) in a PDF format,...
