Between talking about CES, the new touch benchmark, and sausage making, it seems like it’ has been a while since I’ve said anything about HDXPRT. Here’ is a quick status update. The short form is that folks are heads- down coding, debugging, and testing. We still have some significant hurdles to overcome, such as trying to script Picassa. We also are going to have to make some difficult decisions in the near future about possibly swapping out one or two of the applications due to either licensing or scripting issues. (Sausage making at its best!) We’ll keep you posted in the forums when we have to make those decisions.
There is still a lot to get done, but things still appear to be on schedule. That schedule means that we are still hoping to have a beta version available for the Development Community to test in late March. At that point, the beta version will be available to our members and we will really need your help to try and shake things out. (Join at http://hdxprt.com/forum/register.php if you are not yet a member of the Development Community and want to help in our effort.) The more different systems and configurations we can all test together, the better the benchmark will be. There will also be at least some time for feedback on whether HDXPRT 2012 matches the design specification and if there are any last- minute tweaks you think would help make for a better benchmark.
So, stay tuned! We look forward to continuing to work with you on making HDXPRT 2012 even better than the current version.
Bill
