XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, misc.taxes   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:   
   >> For you to claim all that should have been intuitive to me, is giving me   
   >> far more credit than I deserve, although I do appreciate your compliments.   
   >   
   > Never said it should have been intuitive(your words), only that the   
   > system requirements for running TTax 2025 were and clearly available.   
   > Not checking those requirements is akin to making an uninformed decision   
   > to purchase.   
      
   Yup. I'm the first person to openly publicly state I didn't even look.   
   I've been using TurboTax so long, I didn't even think of the OS version.   
       
      
   > Every instance I've seen for Turbo Tax 2025(for use on Windows) from   
   > Intuit, Best Buy, Staples, Costco clearly specifies Windows 11 is required.   
      
   Yup. I never disagree with anyone who makes a logically sensible statement.   
   So I won't disagree with you. Here's the actual Costco box I bought.   
       
   >   
   > Intuit requirements indicate:   
   > "Software minimum system requirements   
   > Product download, installation, and activation requires an Intuit   
   > Account and internet connection.   
   > Windows Download Products (Deluxe, Premier, Home & Business and Business)   
   >   NOTE: TurboTax Business is Windows Only   
   >   
   > Operating Systems   
   > *****************Windows 11 (64-bit)*********************"   
   >   
   > Similar Win11 requirements exist for all the other resellers.   
      
   Yup. I'm always open as I say things the way they truly are.   
   Andy gave us all the link to the desktop version on Costco online:   
       
      
   While I physically bought the box at the warehouse, the box definitely   
   states that it won't work with Windows 10.   
      
   Note that the business version does work with Windows 10.   
   Note that Intuit doesn't check if you're on ESU support.   
   Note that Intuit lied on their web site by saying ESU doesn't exist.   
   Note that Intuit tries to push you toward their "premier" version, which   
   they will give you "for free" if you can't buy a new Win11 PC.   
      
   Note that the "solution" suggested by Intuit is to either buy a new PC or   
   to run it in a VM but in a VM, which is so absurd as to defy a response.   
      
   The real solution turns out to be far more logical, where we can thank   
   Intuit marketing for turning up the boil enough to make the frog jump.   
      
   I picked up H&R Block Deluxe + State for about $7.50 less than the   
   equivalent TurboTax product, but with the $19.95 efiling fee for the State   
   (compared to TurboTax's $25 - $10 = $15), the H&R Block solution, with one   
   state and both the federal & state efile turns ot to be $2.50 more   
   expensive (which, in the scheme of things, is essentially the same).   
      
   It should be noted I would NEVER had bothered to even look at the H&R Block   
   software, but Intuit marketing forced me to do it at gunpoint, so to speak.   
      
   It's almost as if Intuit marketing begged us to look elsewhere, isn't it?   
   Half the world is still on Windows 10 (with full ESU support, mind you).   
      
   What were they thinking?   
   It actually scares me when a marketing organization is that clueless.   
      
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