Recommend good personal scheduling software (free or cheap?)

I’ve been using the scheduler that comes with MS Outlook, but I’d like something that gives a “pop-up” alert at a (customizeable) time ahead of an event. Something easy to use, just for personal stuff, birthdays, doctor visits, etc. Preferably free, but cheap (under $30) is good. Something user-friendly, to help me organize my life.

Any faves?

You might look at something like Google Calendar:

I’ll give 'er a try. I hadn’t actually thought of web-based products, because I’m old-fashioned enough to think of “programs” as things that reside on my computer. Well, times have changed! I’ll try to keep up! Thanks!

Wow! That’s almost creepy! I opened Google Calendar, and it knew my birthday, and had events posted by people I know! My existence is more public than I had realized!