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There are many features that have been included in Sage since Sage
50 2009. I believe that the number of new features make it a worthwhile
upgrade. It is certified to be compatible with Microsoft’s 64bit Windows 7
and Windows 8 operating systems, and more and more new computers will be
based around these platforms as older Windows XP PCs are retired from
service. It is also the only Sage 50 version that is compatible with MS
Office 2013.
From a support perspective, it is much easier to support a common
version, and reports written using the latest version may not run correctly
with older versions. We have been running the new version in-house, and I
have been pleased with the new features, speed improvements and general
performance of this version.
The current list prices for a Sage 50 upgrade are as follows:
Sage 50 Accounts Professional: $1,733 + $17
freight + GST.
Sage 50 Accounts Plus: $1,313 + $17 freight +
GST.
Sage 50 Accounts: $914 + $17 freight + GST.
SPECIAL PRICING NOW ALSO AVAILABLE FOR END OF LIFE PRODUCTS
For a limited period, the Sage 2014 upgrade is
available for all older Sage versions.
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What's New in
Sage 50 2014?
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As always, you'll still be able to make light work of your
day-to-day accounts, but now you'll also be able to take advantage of the
following new features.
- Foreign
Trader available in all variants of Sage 50
Previously Foreign
Trader was only available if you bought Sage 50 Accounts
Professional.
It is now available to all lower variants of Sage 50 Accounts as an
extra cost module.
- Foreign
Trader with GST Cash Accounting
Previously
you could not use Foreign Trader if you were on GST Cash Accounting
Basis.
You can now use multiple currencies in conjunction with GST Cash Accounting, so no matter what GST scheme you're
on, you can benefit from all of the great features that are part of
Foreign trader.
- LiveLink
On-line notification
of important Sage 50 information. Live Link is a great new way to keep up
to date with the latest information about your software and support.
Sage will also use this to let you know about any issues which may
affect you, how to perform procedures at the relevant times of year
and any offers that may be of interest to you.
- Free
Stock Display
Improved Product
lookup grid.
When you add a product to a Sales Order or Invoice you can now see
the amount of stock that is available. Free stock is shown as an
additional column in the product dropdown window.
- Stock
Take Import
Import Stock Take data
from Excel. You
can now import a stock take from an Excel or csv
spreadsheet which can save you lots of time if you have a lot of
products.
- Tool for
removing redundant Product Records
Easily
delete obsolete stock items. Sage has created a new tool for
removing stock transactions and stock records, and you can now clear
stock on an individual product. This means you can remove individual
products more easily, without having to clear all stock before a set
date range.
- Opening
and Closing Stock Wizard
Improved options for
posting Cost of Goods Sold values.
There's a new opening and closing stock wizard to make it
even easier to record your stock values when running a period end.
This helps keep your Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet reports
accurate.
- Financial
Year change
Now available in
Accounts and Accounts Plus.
You can now change your financial year on all variants of the
software, so if you start processing in the wrong year or your
accountant asks you to change the dates your financial year runs
over, you can do this from within the software.
- Archive
at any time
Archive on demand. You can now archive
your data at any time, not just when running the Year End routine. This
means you can have a full read only backup of your company data from
a specific date that you can load at any time without affecting your
live data. This is particularly useful before big routines like
clearing the audit trail.
- Check
Data Improvements
Monitor data
integrity. This
process has been improved to give more detail about the issues that
are presented and a history of recent data checks. You can even
access the tools to help you fix the data without running a check
first. This saves you time and avoids having to run the check
repeatedly.
- Company
List Improvements
More
information within company selection menu. The Company List has
been refreshed to give more information, like the financial year for
your company, the VAT and version number and direct access to the
data folder. You can even access Demo and Practice data straight
from the Company List. The extra information is really important in
helping to clearly identify each company without having to open
them.
- Stock
Price List Improvements
Improved accuracy
within Stock Price Lists.
Stock Price Lists now store all pricing details to 4 decimal places,
allowing accurate calculation of price points and discounts on small
value items.
Significant performance improvements have been made in many key areas
of Sage 50.
Improved productivity and efficiency for users, particularly in a multi
user environment, in addition to improved software stability and
integrity.
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View features
added since Sage 50 2009 (v15)
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To see
the features added since Sage 50 2009/v15 please click
here.
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Test run Sage
50 software here
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Test
run
the new Sage 50 software here.
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Recommended
Computer hardware (minimum) for Sage 50 2014
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Processor speed 2Ghz processor or higher
RAM
(Memory) 1Gb RAM – Windows XP
2Gb
RAM – Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 /2008. Note: SBS 2011
is not a supported OS for Sage 50 v2014.
4Gb
RAM – All PCs with a 64 bit operating system
Free
disk space 10GB of free disk space
Network
speed 1Gbps (100Mbps minimum)
Screen
Resolution 1024 x 768
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