Even in 1985, the applications were only sort of there. You had word processing and spreadsheets and a few other office apps. After that, the only things left for consumers were programming, education and games. And in 1985, games were &quot;over&quot; because early hype had died down and the console market crashed. Media apps weren&#x27;t there yet: the first Mac was a year old, and the Amiga appeared mid-way through the year.<p>A lot of what made computers part of people&#x27;s lifestyle was networking, and that only hit mass adoption in the 90&#x27;s.