> You’re thinking of a time when only “computer geeks” could install and run the software of their choice. Perhaps not thinking of a "time when", perhaps think

> You’re thinking of a time when only “computer geeks” could install and run the software of their choice. Perhaps not thinking of a "time when", perhaps thinking of an OS that required an IT certificate. Because even early Macintosh System Software (classic Mac OS before OS X) was bewildering to Windows users, since any user could "drag" a program from a floppy disk onto their hard disk, leave it anywhere, and it worked. Arguably, OS X introduced the Applications folder in 2001 partly to give people a place to drag things to and feel more comfortable that's where they could find their "Program Files" (but mostly so multi-user system users would get to add and re-use apps in a common clear place they "should" be). But you still didn't need an IT admin.