Frequently Asked Questions
Getting Started
Long-Term Hardware Forecasts?
Why not ask about the weather instead? 😀 It’s much easier to forecast the climate than predict long-term trends for computing equipment. We are always reluctant to give long-term forecasts for hardware purchases. There are periods in computing where hardware advances are massive and a three year old computer is -ancient-. And then there are… Read more.
Posted In: Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat about technical support?
One of our primary goals is to avoid technical support calls if at all possible. Because many, if not most, support calls shouldn’t happen in the first place. Either the program is too hard to use, does not function properly, or is not documented accurately. So we take a pro-active approach by making our documentation… Read more.
Posted In: Frequently Asked QuestionsIs on site training available?
Yes. About 50% of our customers opt to have a trainer visit their site, or come to beautiful Seattle for a two day training session. We don’t recommend (or require it) for all customers, because frankly many of you can get started quite well on your own, thank you! (It is called Simple Accounting, after… Read more.
Posted In: Frequently Asked QuestionsHow long will it take me to get this system up and running?
So long as you use the included chart of accounts, you should be ready to begin entering new orders within a few minutes of installation; setup is quite easy. To convert from your present system will probably take a couple of days, however, including entering open orders, invoices and the various data files such as… Read more.
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