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General requirements for ESPlanner

* Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista (all editions) Windows 95 and Windows 98 are not supported
* Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 or better.
* (optional) Excel 97 or newer. If you have a version of Mircosoft Excel installed, you may also have reports generated in that format. (We do not support other spreadsheet applications at this time).

While ESPlanner is not directly supported on the Macintosh, it can be run using at least two of the commercially available IBM PC emulators. Details of the installation of ESPlanner on the PowerPC Macintosh using VirtualPC are documented here. We have tested the Duo Core Macintosh support for ESPlanner using Parallel's Desktop for Macintosh and find that to work also. While we have not tested Apple's BootCamp, it should be capable of running ESPlanner as well. We do not provide technical support for VirtualPC or any Macintosh OS or software. Once you have Windows up and running on your Macintosh system technical support for ESPlanner is available.

Macintosh (PowerPC)
o Virtual PC 7.0 (with Windows) or better
o (Optional) Microsoft Excel 97 or newer
o Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 or newer.

Macintosh (Duo Core)
o Parallel's Workstation or Desktop for Macintosh
o Windows Installation Kit
o (Optional) Microsoft Excel 97 or newer
o Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 or newer.

ESPlanner is not directly supported on Linux platforms either, but it can be run using at least one of the commercially available IBM PC emulators for RedHat Linux. Details of the installation of ESPlanner on Linux using VMWare are documented here. We do not provide technical support for VMWare or any Linux distribution or software. Once you have Windows up and running on your Linux system technical support for ESPlanner is available.

RedHat Linux
o RedHat Linux 7.3 or better
o VMWare Workstation 5.0 or better
o (Optional) Excel 97 or newer
o Adobe Acrobat 8.0 or newer

Both ESPlanner and ESPlannerPlus are computationally and memory intensive. They will run on a wide variety of hardware configurations but the time you spend waiting for results will be substantially reduced if ESPlanner is run on a fast processor with lots of memory. We recommend a machine with a minimum of a 500 megahertz processor with 512 megabytes of memory.

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"ESPlanner's approach to financial planning profoundly challenges well-known programs. . . and is the most comprehensive."

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"ESPlanner's life-cycle smoothing determines the highest possible living standard you can maintain for the rest of your life.

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"ESPlanner determines the highest possible living standard you can maintain for the rest of your life."

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Endorsements

"I am fascinated with the product and am telling others about it. I believe it is the best personal planning tool I have seen."

—Roger Gehle, CPA

"ESPlanner is giving me the confidence to prepare for retirement in a way that I thought was possible but was impossible to calculate."

—Michael Thompson, Engineer, Charlotte, NC

"This is a great program. With product support like this, I'm sure users are never disappointed."

—Jim Meyers, Hospital CFO, Bloomington, IN

"I cannot imagine a better package. ESPlanner answers the key question: how can my family maintain its standard of living over the long run?"

Zvi Bodie, Professor of Finance and Economics, Boston University School of Management

ESPlanner provides the most accurate forecasts and projections of any financial planning product I've seen.

Rick Miller, PhD., CFPTM, Sensible Financial Planning, Cambridge, MA

"Having a well thought-out academically based model is a welcomed and valuable tool."

Brian Berberet, CFA, Carrick Bend Advisors, LLC, San Mateo, CA

"Fantastic! ESPlanner makes my life-cycle model operational for people everywhere to use."

Franco Modigliani, Economics Nobel Laureate

"ESPlanner's consumption-based planning could dramatically change the way we think."

Robert Glovsky, Director, Boston University's Program on Financial Planning and President, Mintz-Levin Financial Advisors

ESPlanner is a key tool I use in the process to create tailored investment portfolios and strategies for my clients."

—Brian Berberet, CFA, Carrick Bend Advisors, LLC, San Mateo, CA

I am blown away by the detailed tax work in the program. This is one of my biggest complaints about other programs out there."

—Joel Nance, ClearPath Financial Planning

"I have tried the Price Waterhouse's Retire Secure, T.Rowe Price, and Retire Ready products. Yours is the best."

—Lester S. Arthur, New York, New York

"I got ideas from my use of ESPlanner that were easily worth more than the program cost. Please keep up the good work."

Mark Lyon, small business owner, Austin, Texas

The combination of your brilliant program combined with the good support is an incredibly valuable offering.

Steve Rothman, clinical psychologist, Bellevue Washington.

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Disclaimer: ESPlannerBASIC, ESPlanner, ESPlannerPLUS and ESPlannerPRO, are educational calculators designed to give users input in mapping out financial futures, but should not be acted upon as a complete financial plan. The creators of these programs are not certified, registered, authorized, or any other type of financial planners. These programs are simply tools for helping you think through economic futures. Its "recommendations" should be viewed as informative inputs into your own decision-making with respect to saving and the purchase of life insurance. ESPlannerBASIC, ESPlanner, ESPlannerPLUS and ESPlannerPRO provide neither economic, financial nor tax advice, which can only be delivered to you by authorized professionals.

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