I maintain my family accounts, and a just a calendar year data file in Quicken for Mac will take up over 6Megs for me.

I had grown tired of the occasional crashes and minor issues that never seem to get fixed in Quicken for Mac. I had been using Quicken since the mid 90's, and worked with various 200x versions and finally the 2006 Quicken release. (I do like the new .Mac integration for backup, though).

I am not happy about Intuits scheme for charging banks to offer .qfx export for the Windows version of Quicken 2006 users - that can only point to issues or problems in .qif import for us Mac users eventually. They finally dropped the MacInTax price to match the Windows version price this year.

Plus, Intuit is supporting Congressional legislature to give them the exclusive lock on e-file for taxes...not with my information, they don't!

I've been using Moneydance for almost 2 months, and think I am sold. It hasn't crashed once, and the data file is remarkably slim at under 1.8Megs (Quicken bloatware?). I can live without classes, and I don't need micro-managed stock account data features, but it was nice to see some stock history actually on a correct graph! (Quicken always had a way of having the x-axis amount bars wrong for a few stocks I have)

There are a few items that would be nice to see like loan income setups, and a few more convenience-button navigation designs.

The graphs are very very good, and after a hour or so of working through the various options (basic trial and error), filtering the data worked exactly to my needs.

I've looked at the support, and the developer seems very active to the forum questions. That doesn't mean he can code every request, but I like the responsiveness.

Documentation is sparse (vs my old Quicken manuals), but I have a very good understanding of what to do without a full user manual anyway (I think most will too). The support boards seem to fill the void.

I don't think Quicken/Mac is worth $49.95 to $69.99 (varies with online retailers) anymore, considering the mediocre support as their own forums complain about product issues.

I think Moneydance is a very solid substitue, and easier on my wallet to boot. It may take some users a few days to adjust to the different interface, but I thinks its time well spent.