Anyone using Quickbooks 2011 on Lion??

I've been using Quickbooks on my old G4 and have just purchased a new iMac. I know my old quickbooks won't work on my new iMac, so I've been thinking about buying Quickbooks 2011. The reviews for it, however, are horrible. I have a very small business and use Quickbooks to generate about 50 invoices a month and track general business expenses. I don't need it to write checks or do any payroll stuff. Just wondering if anyone out there is using Quickbooks 2011 with Lion and would be willing to share your experience with it.
Thanks very much!
Tony

I suggest if the reviews are terrible, to move to working with a spreadsheet again. At least with a spreadsheet you have total control over the appearance and numbers that are shown. http://www.neooffice.org/ has an excellent spreadsheet.

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I used a Mini displayport to VGA cable and press commead+F2 button, but it was nothing happen.
that is the cable I've used.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB572Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ&mco=MTA4MzU1NDg
Should I change other cable? or it just can't be work!!
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Depending on the system configuration, this may not
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which is connected to a receiver then to a TV, all via
HDMI usually takes a couple seconds to come up just
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Has anyone used the mackeeper software?

Has anyone used the mackeeper software?

Short answer: I don't recommend it, but it's not "a scam" or malware, per se. If you use it, you may have some real performance issues.
Me: I was an actual MacKeeper user (paid version) for about two years. What follows is my experience and conclusions. I am not a paid reviewer, nor tech professional. I am an educator with about 15 years of experience using Macs. I am what most people would call a "prosumer," in that I know a good deal about my systerm, but am not a techie, anti-utility software zealot, etc. I have no affiliation with Zeobit (manufacturer of MacKeeper) nor any of its competitors.
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Sync services on outlook 2011 - OSX lion

Hi everyone!
I updated to OSX Lion... dont know if it has something to do.. Using Outlook 2011, opening the sync services, all the panes are blank, so I cant configure it to sync the outlook calendar with ical, neither the outlook contacts with apple adress book.
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I'm sorry. I forgot to add Mail to the list of services. I AM using mail on that server. Here's the iMIP portion of my settings output from Terminal.
calendar:Scheduling:iMIP:Sending:Server = "boardwalkserver.kuhnwitt.com"
calendar:Scheduling:iMIP:Sending:UseSSL = yes
calendar:Scheduling:iMIP:Sending:Username = "calendarserver"
calendar:Scheduling:iMIP:Sending:Address = "[email protected]"
calendar:Scheduling:iMIP:Sending:Password = "password"
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calendar:Scheduling:iMIP:Enabled = yes
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calendar:Scheduling:iMIP:Receiving:Server = "boardwalkserver.kuhnwitt.com"
calendar:Scheduling:iMIP:Receiving:UseSSL = yes
calendar:Scheduling:iMIP:Receiving:Username = "calendarserver"
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calendar:Scheduling:iMIP:Receiving:Type = "imap"
calendar:Scheduling:iMIP:Receiving:Password = "password"
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calendar:Scheduling:iMIP:AddressPatterns:_array_index:0 = "mailto:.*"
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Hi,
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I just bought a 27" imac for my home, and was also planning on using it as an external display for my work Dell Laptop running Windows 7.
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David,
Sorry you can't use the 2011 iMac as an external display to your PC. The feature you are referring to is called Target Display Mode and works on 2009 & 2010 27" iMacs. The 2011 machines use Thunderbolt as you know however they do support external displays that are not Thunderbolt displays. So for example if you wanted 2 displays on the iMac you can easily do that with either Mini Display port to DVI or MDP to VGA or even HDMI. MDP is the same size as Thunderbolt and this will work fine to drive a display, TV or even a projector.
I'd recommend reading Apple's explanations at Target Display Mode 2009 & 2010 iMacs & Target Display Mode Mid 2011 iMacs.
Using a Mac as an external display for a Windows machine to me seems like a horrible waste of a Mac. Why not enjoy the iMac and if anything run Windows on it and get rid of the PC?

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