I believe that models on the level of the frontier if not now, then ~6-12 months ago, may well run on a box you can get at Best Buy. And that yes, this along with age verification and the copyright lobby will add to the push to restrict the hardware people are able to procure and operate. It will be difficult to confiscate old PCs, but a "Cash for Clunkers" style program can get lots of them off the market. And, by law and by convention, the modern internet will just refuse to talk to them.