{
  "id": 16742128,
  "title": "This super cute app turns your iPhone Duo into tiny vintage Macs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/this-super-cute-app-turns-your-iphone-duo-into-tiny-vintage-macs",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-27T11:37:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "9to5Mac",
    "slug": "9to5mac",
    "url": "https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/27/this-super-cute-app-turns-your-iphone-duo-into-tiny-vintage-macs/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A fun new app, called Tiny Computers, has emerged for iPhones to transform the device into various vintage computers. This quirky application allows users to explore a range of classic machines, including four distinct Apple models and additional non-Apple options from the same era. Users can choose from the original Macintosh from 1984, reimagined as a laptop, the iMac G3, iBook G3, PowerBook G4, Commodore 64, IBM PC, Amiga 500, ThinkPad, and two Windows 95 and Windows XP laptops.\n\nUpon opening the app, users are greeted with limited functionality but a delightful sense of nostalgia. They can click keyboards, work command lines, play paint programs, and use floppy disks, all while experiencing each computer's unique personality. Hidden files, secret commands, and medals for games are also waiting to be discovered.\n\nWhile browsing through these virtual relics, users may even encounter occasional crashes within Windows machines. As tech journalist John Gruber from Daring Fireball points out, attempting this app on an iPhone Duo is an essential experience for any Apple enthusiast. Tiny Computers is now available on the App Store for users to dive into the world of vintage computing.",
  "summary": "It’s kind of ironic that the most fun apps we’ve seen for a brand new iPhone turn it into a decidedly old device. We’ve already seen a 1980s Sony Walkman emulator , and now Tiny Computers turns the Duo into a whole series of vintage Macs and more. You can choose between four vintage Macs and a range of non-Apple machines from a similar era, including the Commodore 64 … more…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}