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legacy free pc wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history toggle history subsection 1 1 late 1980s 1 2 1990s 1 3 2000s 1 4 2010s 1 5 2020s 2 see also 3 references toggle the table of contents legacy free pc 2 languages العربية tiếng việt edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia type of personal computer a legacy free pc is a type of personal computer that lacks a floppy or optical disc drive legacy ports and an industry standard architecture isa bus or sometimes any internal expansion bus at all according to microsoft the basic goal for these requirements is that the operating system devices and end users cannot detect the presence of the following isa slots or devices legacy floppy disk controller fdc and ps 2 serial parallel and game ports 1 the legacy ports are usually replaced with universal serial bus usb ports a usb adapter may be used if an older device must be connected to a pc lacking these ports 2 according to the 2001 edition of microsoft s pc system design guide a legacy free pc must be able to boot from a usb device 3 removing older usually bulkier ports and devices allows a legacy free pc to be much more compact than earlier systems 4 and many fall into the nettop or all in one form factor netbooks and ultrabooks could also be considered a portable form of a legacy free pc legacy free pcs can be more difficult to upgrade than a traditional beige box pc and are more typically expected to be replaced completely when they become obsolete 5 many legacy free pcs include modern devices that may be used to replace ones omitted such as a memory card reader replacing the floppy drive as the first decade of the 21st century progressed the legacy free pc went mainstream with legacy ports removed from commonly available computer systems in all form factors however the ps 2 keyboard connector still retains some use as it can offer some uses e g implementation of n key rollover not offered by usb 6 with those parts becoming increasingly rare on newer computers as of the late 2010s and early 2020s the term legacy free pc itself has also become increasingly rare history edit this section may contain original research the article is about the microsoft concept legacy free pc but this section covers a broader conception of legacy and pc that is not supported by the sources which do not use this name please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations statements consisting only of original research should be removed august 2026 learn how and when to remove this message late 1980s edit in 1987 ibm released the ibm ps 2 line with new internal architecture 7 the bios and the new ps 2 port and vga port was introduced but this line was heavily criticized for a relatively closed proprietary architecture and low compatibility with pc cloned hardware 8 1990s edit in 1998 apple s imac g3 was introduced as the first widely known example of a legacy free pc 9 10 11 and drew much criticism for its lack of legacy peripherals such as a floppy drive and apple desktop bus adb connector 12 however its success popularized usb ports compaq released the ipaq desktop in 1999 in the same year amd introduced the easy now a reference design for a pc without legacy hardware relying on usb and cd rom 13 from november 1999 to july 2000 dell s webpc was an early less successful wintel legacy free pc 2000s edit dell webpc released in 2000 more legacy free pcs were introduced around 2000 after the prevalence of usb and broadband internet made many of the older ports and devices obsolete 14 they largely took the form of low end consumer systems 2 with the motivation of making computers less expensive easier to use and more stable and manageable the dell studio hybrid asus eee box and msi wind pc are examples of later more successful intel based legacy free pcs apple introduced the apple modem on october 12 2005 and removed the internal 56k modem on new computers the macbook air introduced on january 29 2008 also omits a built in superdrive and wired ethernet connectivity that was available on all other mac computers sold at the time the superdrive would later be removed from all macs by the end of 2016 and wired ethernet would later be removed from all macbook models these removals were followed by other pc manufacturers who ship lightweight laptops intel introduced their lga 775 cpu socket in 2004 replacing their previous cpus and sockets with pga packaging 2010s edit northbridge southbridge and fsb have been replaced by more integrated architectures starting from early 2010s the relaunched macbook in 2015 dropped features such as the magsafe charging port and the secure digital sd memory card reader it only kept two types of ports a 3 5 mm audio jack and a usb 3 1 type c port this configuration later found its way in the macbook pro in 2016 the only difference being that two or four thunderbolt 3 ports were included instead of just one in addition all macbook pro except for the entry level model replaced the function keys with a touch bar these changes led to criticism because many users used the features that apple had removed yet this approach has been copied to various degree by some other laptop vendors however the 2021 macbook pro models once again include function keys magsafe an hdmi port an sd card reader and do not feature a touch bar seemingly in response to the aforementioned poor reception the legacy bios was replaced by the unified extensible firmware interface pci has fallen out of favor as it has been superseded by pcie chromeos can be considered a legacy free operating system by some 2020s edit in the 2020s more legacy ports were removed by most pc manufacturers most motherboards for the intel 800 series chipset or amd 800 series chipset removed ps 2 ports most motherboards for the intel 800 series chipset also removed legacy bios support via csm as well as ddr4 support solely supporting ddr5 only most laptop manufacturers no longer ship computers with usb a ports in favor of usb c as of 2026 the mac studio is the only device made by apple still having usb a ports see also edit nettop netbook pc 2001 webpc ipaq desktop computer network computer thin client legacy system references edit microsoft com microsoft 1 2 scott mueller 2003 upgrading and repairing pcs que publishing p 956 isbn 978 0 7897 2974 3 what does legacy mean in the world of computers archived from the original on 2018 09 26 retrieved 2011 01 04 infoworld media group inc 21 august 2000 infoworld the desktop revolution infoworld media group inc p 40 issn 0199 6649 infoworld media group inc 21 august 2000 infoworld the desktop revolution infoworld media group inc p 39 issn 0199 6649 ps 2 or usb five mechanical switch keyboards only the best for your hands 13 june 2011 byte editorial staff june 1987 the ibm ps 2 computers byte p 100 retrieved 5 november 2013 the ibm ps 2 25 years of pc history pcworld 2012 07 09 retrieved 2021 05 30 compaq hopes to follow the imac archived from the original on 2006 10 22 the pc follows imac s lead archived from the original on may 26 2000 hearst magazines february 2001 popular mechanics making connections hearst magazines p 59 issn 0032 4558 eight ways the imac changed computing https www zdnet com article comdex 99 spotlight on pc appliances idg network world inc 28 february 2000 network world new breed of legacy free pcs is easy to love idg network world inc p 51 issn 0887 7661 retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title legacy free_pc oldid 1370569683 categories cloud clients information appliances personal computers classes of computers legacy hardware hidden categories articles with short description short description matches wikidata articles that may contain original research from august 2026 all articles that may contain original research this page was last edited on 21 august 2026 at 22 01 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc a non profit organization privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia legal safety contacts code of conduct 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