INTUIT ANNOUNCES QUICKEN 8 FOR DOS

World's #1 Selling Personal Finance Software Features Ease, Insight and
Planning Breakthroughs

Menlo Park, Calif.--Sept. 26, 1994--Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU) today
announced Quicken 8 for DOS, which contains several new feature
innovations that provide breakthroughs in ease of use, insight and
financial planning.

For the first time in Intuit's history, the company simultaneously
announced a full line of new Quicken products for all major personal
computing platforms. In addition to upgrades to Quicken for DOS, Windows,
Macintosh and CD-ROM, Intuit announced two new Deluxe versions of Quicken
for Windows, one on floppy disk and one on CD-ROM.

"This new release of Quicken for DOS--the founding member of the Quicken
family of products--is now better than ever," said Eric Dunn, general
manager Intuit's Personal Finance Division. "Quicken for DOS has always
been designed t help people painlessly organize their finances. Now, we
empower these users to advance towards more effective personal financial
mastery by giving them even more insight and financial management tools."

What's New in Quicken 8 for DOS

The new version of Quicken makes personal financial management faster,
easier and more insightful. Along with breakthroughs in ease of use,
Quicken's new Snapshot and financial planning tools allow users to assess
their financial position and plan their financial future.

Snapshot Reveals Your Bottom Line

Quicken users formerly had to run a series of reports to get a thorough
assessment of their financial position. New Snapshot provides a complete
financial picture in an instant.

Plan Your Financial Future

Long-time Quicken customers have good insight into where they've spent
their money. Now Quicken helps them set realistic financial goals and plan
for their financial future with:

Tax Planner: Quicken's new built-in tax planner allows you to estimate
taxes throughout the year.

Improved Forecasting: Quicken forecasts account balances, and net worth,
into the future to help users determine whether they can afford major
purchases.

Improved Savings Goals: Users can set aside money in their bank accounts to
save for future goals and let Quicken "set aside" the money for you
without having to create a new savings account.

Tools for Faster Data Entry

Improved Links To TurboTax: Quicken makes it easier to transfer your data
to Intuit's TurboTax, the world's most popular tax preparation software.

Global Find & Replace: Now you can quickly and easily recategorize many
transactions in a single step.

Quicken Quotes Update Stock Portfolios: Quicken Quotes updates an entire
portfolio automatically with stock, bond and mutual fund quotes downloaded
from CompuServe. It even looks up stock symbols for users.

Pricing and System Requirements

The Intuit direct price and the expected street price for Quicken 8 for DOS
is U.S. $39.99. The product will be available directly from Intuit
(800-624-8742) or at leading retail stores in the U.S. and Canada,
beginning October 13, 1994. For a limited time, upgraders will also
receive a $10 rebate for all retail purchases. Quicken 8 for DOS will be
distributed throughout the U.S. and Canada by Ingram Micro, Merisel,
SoftKat, JB Marketing and Beamscope.

The system requirements for Quicken 8 for DOS include:

-- 100% IBM compatible PC
-- 640K RAM Required
-- DOS 3.0 or higher
-- Requires a hard disk drive with 2.7 MB of disk space available
-- Graphics card required to use Quicken graphs
-- Available in 3.5-inch disk media, 5.25-inch disk fulfillment
   coupon

Intuit Inc.

Intuit, based in Menlo Park Calif., is a leading developer of personal
finance, small business accounting and tax preparation software. The
company develops and markets software products that enable individuals,
professionals and small businesses to automate their financial lives.
Intuit's Quicken and QuickBooks products allow users to manage their
personal and small business finances. Intuit supplies and services, such
as the Quicken VISA card with IntelliCharge work with its software to
further automate finances. The company's popular TurboTax, MacInTax and
ProSeries software enable consumers, small businesses, and professional
tax preparers to prepare their own or their clients' tax returns.

Intuit Inc
155 Linfield Ave, PO Box 3014
Menlo Park, CA 94026-3014
415-322-0573

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