Sure, I was too hyperbolic. I simply meant connecting to the web didn't make it not a PC.

The web really pushed adoption, much more than a person computation machine. It was the main use case for most folks.

This. Although briefly, there was at least a couple of years of using pc's without an internet connection. It's unthinkable now. And even back then, when you blinked with your eyes this time period was over.