Brian Preston
Oct 7, 2024

Thanks for this. After years on Windows at work, I moved to the Apple world after retirement when I had no more tech support data down the hall. The phone support for Apple has been a lifesaver and working smoothly across devices is unsurpassed. I’ve also used Parallels to run a Windows VM for items that needed an MS platform. But you have convinced me to explore Pages again.

I was devastated after the demise of Word Perfect. That was the best writing and editing and attribution program ever. I wrote my dissertation on WP and the utility of WP was unsurpassed. I think it still is for its simplicity — not equaled by current tools without a longer learning curve. The best tech loses to the biggest tech.

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Brian Preston
Brian Preston

Written by Brian Preston

A retired educator with an interest in furthering progressive ideals

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I’m not sure what you mean when you say you’re more oriented to science than I am. I don’t have a science background, but I do have an analytic philosophical one, which takes science for granted. I understand how science works in general. You also…