So much so that Intuit decided to focus those resources on developing an entirely new application, Quicken Essentials for Mac.
Simply porting this code over to Intel is not possible and would require a significant amount of work. Patzer explained that the PowerPC codebase for Quicken For Mac 2007 was started decades ago and has many intricacies - including its own custom-built database engine - that are very much PowerPC specific. The executive came to Intuit at the end of 2009 when it acquired, a company founded by Mr. TMO took the time today to chat with Aaron Patzer, VP/GM of Intuit’s Personal Finance Group, today about this. This is because these versions of Quicken are still running PowerPC code, while Rosetta, Apple’s transparent translation engine that allows PowerPC code to run on Intel Macs, is reportedly NOT going to be included with Mac OS 10.7. Long-time Mac users who manage their personal finances on their computers have something to fear with the release of Lion right around the corner: Quicken For Mac 2007 (and earlier) will not function on Lion as it stands right now.
