I personally suspect that some of the confidence garnered on the word processor might have been because it was more of an appliance, and didn't have a persistan

I personally suspect that some of the confidence garnered on the word processor might have been because it was more of an appliance, and didn't have a persistant state? When powered on, it was set to work on a specific task already, everything to interact with to change functions or settings, would be reset if you pulled the plug, or switched it off.