Kevi - I used to trade with Macquarie (before they added the Prime bit) a couple of years ago.
Never had any complaints about their platform or service, but they were charging $39.95/trade at that time. When Commsec standard came along with $19.95/trade I just couldn't justify using Macquarie any more.
From what you are saying, this one obstacle has now been removed, and it sounds like they are competitive with most other online brokers now.
I too tried the Commsec ProTrader and the new Iress thingy, but didn't get on with either of them. Too many things go wrong all the time. My only objection to Commsec standard is the time it takes to place an order, and the difficulty in having market a market depth window open AND UPDATING AUTOMATICALLY while you are typing the order. Often, by the time I've typed in my phone number, trading password, etc. I've missed the opportunity. Is Macquarie Prime any better in terms of ability to fire in an order quickly? If so, I might be giving Macquarie Prime a try.
