Need software to keep track of clients for small business.

We need some way to keep up with multiple types of payments for several hundred clients, as well as the ability to make notes as needed.  We have been using ical for our notes and a simple Numbers spreadsheet, but this method is cumbersome.  I have looked at various accounting programs, but they all seem much more complicated than I need.  Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated! 

I ran a small business, and there is no way I would have done it with iCal and Numbers.  Intuit's Quickbooks is the best program for small business.  Yes, it's probably got more than you need, but it helps pay bills, taxes, inventory, blah blah blah.  It's only $200.  They have an online version.  It links to your bank.  It links to tax software.  I can go on.  I used the enterprise version, and I'm not an accounting, and I found it a piece of cake to learn. 
Since this is the forum for the Macbook Pro, you're really not going to find much info here.  Go to the Intuit Quickbooks website, and do a test run.  Trust me, if  you want to make a profit and pay bills on time, get a real program.  Quickbooks is one of the cheapest but still the best out there. 

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