Good question, in my head I think I want to keep the blog (and closely related pages) separate from all the various misc pages I have built up over the years (and now tire of manual updating).

I know WP can handle different templates for different pages, though not sure to what extent, and if I want to spend the time learning how (when I could just use a different installation with a different template).

Also, my current theme lists ALL pages on the left, so if I had a (fairly large) set of pages on one topic, they could end up dominating the list. Though it would be quite simply to edit the template to not show pages at all.

So I guess there isn’t a real good reason, but perhaps it just keeps things simple (which I like).

What about WordPress means you need another installation for pages? I didn’t quite catch that…

You can use a multi-blog install of Wordpress, too, if you need. I used Drupal for ages (switching from Joomla) and found it very good after you get past the jargon. They also seem to have an impressive user-base who all want to talk about it, so it’s relatively easy to get answers to questions.

I’ve been using WordPress, though, and like it much more for my simple needs.

The latest version has a brilliant media manager too…

All the best!