When Will QuickBooks 2010 be Released?

This question has surfaced a lot recently in my conversations with clients, so I'd like to share what I know with you.

If Intuit holds true to their past practices when releasing a new edition of QuickBooks, we should expect to see QuickBooks 2010 sometime this fall. My guess is that we'll see it in October or November, but this is only an educated guess based on past history.

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Peachtree has already released their 2010 edition, so that has to be increasing the pressure for QuickBooks to get their new edition into the pipeline as quickly as possible.

The new feature list in Peachtree 2010 is impressive (this is just a partial list):

• Opening multiple companies at one time - users have been begging for this feature in QuickBooks. Will they see it in QuickBooks 2010?
• Multiple contacts for customers - QuickBooks provides 2. It's time for more!
• Customizable dashboard - QuickBooks 2009 had a basic concept of this for the first time. What enhancements will we see in QuickBooks 2010?

What are you hoping to see in QuickBooks 2010? Drop a comment below so that we can get some traction on these ideas and make sure Intuit is aware of them!

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Scott Gregory is a specialist with QuickBooks Pro, Premier and Enterprise. He is also a CPA, and he understands the "accounting side of QuickBooks" and the "QuickBooks side of accounting". Reach Scott at (440) 527-5696 or at Bottom Line Accounting Solutions.

Comments

[trent]

I just spoke to reckon and they say its not supporting windows 7 64 bit. After i just purchased a new pc with w7 64 bit for my business!

Surely it cannot be that hard to make it compatible

[Scott Gregory, QuickBooks Expert]

Hi Paul:

Funny you ask - I actually have an inquiry in to Intuit to confirm their stance on this issue. Hope to have a reply back from them in the next day or two.

Scott Gregory

[Paul Pinella]

Scott,
Now that QuickBooks Pro 2010 has been announced, I see that Intuit is saying it supports Windows 7, which is to be expected. However I didn't see anything specific said about 64-bit Windows 7. I don't know why they leave out this important detail. What are your sources telling you as of late September?
Thanks again,
Paul Pinella
Radar Media Group
http://www.radarmedia.com

[Scott Gregory, QuickBooks Expert]

Paul:

Actually, Intuit is supporting 64-bit computers now. See my blog post here:
http://blog.betterbottomline.com/scott_gregory_quickbooks/2009/07/quickbooks-enterprise-9-and-64-bit-servers-and-desktops.html

about Enterprise. I didn't specifically ask them about 64 bit Windows and using Pro/Premier, but I have to think the end result is the same.

Scott

[Paul Pinella]

Hi there,
So when QuickBooks 2010 comes out this fall, do you think that Intuit will finally support 64-bit Windows (presumably Vista and Windows 7) out of the box, with no hacks required? Thanks, I enjoy your blog.
Regards,
Paul Pinella
President
Radar Media Group
http://www.radarmedia.com