[_the_inflator]

WordPerfect was my perfect electric typewriter experience. It struck a nerve for me.

I had an old, bulky laptop, Windows 3.11, and then WordPerfect 6. Of course, everything had to be installed from disk.

This was my technically totally limited writing setup, however I was very productive with it and enjoyed the setup.

Even on Windows 95, WordPerfect was my tool of choice. MS Word overtook only because WP crashed too often and the beneficial Grammar tool was lagging behind.

I felt sad the moment I had to let go of WP. Even thinking about it today feels crazy. I never ever again felt an emotional rift after switching to another tool. It was only this one time with WP.

I think Corel bought WP and somewhat tried to revive WP, but this came too late.