Sweet, Delicous Pixels

This is really off topic, and I'm not typically one to wax philosophic about a computer... I mean, for crying out loud, I've lost count of how many I've owned throughout my many years as a technophile.

But even so, I have to say that the 16" LCD screen on this Sony Vaio GRX650 is just absolutely gorgeous. Sure, the CPU is fast enough (1.8 GHz), it has lots of RAM (512MB), blah blah blah. And yes, it's heavy as hell for a laptop (over 8lbs), but who frickin' cares... it's that huge 1600x1200 native resolution LCD that gets me going. For the first time, I can work within the MS Visual C++ IDE without feeling cramped, and without a hint of eyestrain.

They'll be prying this one from my cold, dead hands.

Beta code nearly ready

I'm very close at this point to having beta code ready for people to beat up on.

The installation package is now complete, and I've tested FolderSizes successfully on WinME, Win2k, and Windows XP. I hope to test it on Win98 SE fairly soon.

I'd say that a public beta release is probably only about a week or so away now.

The beta version of the software will stop operating 60 days after it is installed (there is a warning each time the program is started). This is done only to help discourage the widespread distribution of beta-quality code even after the official (non-beta) release, which will not have this limitation.

Again, if you're itching to try it sooner, email me and I'll give you a sneak peek.