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 f

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 "over" because early hype had died down and the console market crashed. Media apps weren't there yet: the first Mac was a year old, and the Amiga appeared mid-way through the year. A lot of what made computers part of people's lifestyle was networking, and that only hit mass adoption in the 90's.