Need accounting software for Mac!

Currently we use MYOB, an app no one provides support for anymore. We were thinking of switching to Quickbooks (I've tried it and don't like it, but we're limited in options!) but we've just received a letter indicating that Intuit is no longer selling this app and will be discontinuing product support after July 31, 2006.
Are there any other Mac compatible accounting apps out there? We really don't want to purchase a Window's machine simply to do our bookkeeping!
eMac   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Thanks all, this is handy information.
One reason that neither MYOB or Quickbooks will work for us is that the Canadian divisions are no longer being supported. Yes, the US companies are thriving, but things like tax rates and payroll don't work well when it's a country specific application.
I'll keep checking the product pages - there are some products there that may work for our company.

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