Home finance software recommendations

Can anyone recommend a good home finance program? I've read poor reviews of Money and Quicken. I am currently using iBank and hate it. Are there any others?
Thank you!
Heather

I started out with Quicken on a PC about ten years ago. When I moved to Mac, I found the Mac version severely lacking. Still, I stuck with it and its dated OS9 feel for another year before giving up (I really wanted Intuit to publish a decent Mac version of this app).
I switched to iBank, and after a few months of constant, unnecessary software patches and sluggish register entry response, I was ready to switch back.
Intuit finally released Quicken 2007 for Mac, which looks a tiny bit more Aqua, but is still the same stripped-down, half-baked version of the Windows application Quicken users have come to know and love. What's more, when I try to register my new Quicken 2007, I get constant server errors. And checking the quicken.com boards for Mac-related help is like waiting for Godot.
But, for all it's quirks and brutish lack of Tigerian or Leopardian style, Quicken really is still the best app for personal finance on the Mac, and that's not saying much. Every other app I've tried (and I tried several) came up severely lacking in comparison.
You'd think those greedy bloodsuckers at Intuit would be falling all over themselves to port a graphically rich version of their flagship software to Mac -even if it is only for another 10% market share. I guess we'll just have to keep holding our breath.

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