This super cute app turns your iPhone Duo into tiny vintage Macs

Tiny Computers is on the App Store and turns an iPhone Duo into a whole series of vintage Macs and more. In 9to5Mac's report, Ben Lovejoy writes at 4:37 am PT on Oct 27, 2026, that you can choose four vintage Macs and non-Apple machines from a similar era, including the Commodore 64. He calls it ironic that the most fun apps for a brand-new iPhone turn it into a decidedly old device, the way a 1980s Sony Walkman emulator already had.

This article covers the four vintage Macs, the non-Apple machines, and the limits on what each one can do. It is for iPhone Duo owners, and for anyone about to get a Duo, who wants those names before the App Store download.

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Tiny Computers is the new iPhone Duo app, and it is available on the App Store. Lovejoy places it after a 1980s Sony Walkman emulator that already turned this brand-new iPhone into a decidedly old device. The choice is wider here. You can choose between four vintage Macs and a range of non-Apple machines from a similar era, including the Commodore 64. Tiny Computers turns the Duo into a whole series of vintage Macs and more, rather than stopping at one Walkman emulator.

The first of the Apple devices is an OG Macintosh from 1984, reimagined as a laptop. Other Mac options are the iMac G3, the iBook G3, and the PowerBook G4. Outside the Apple world, you get the Commodore 64, an IBM PC, an Amiga 500, a ThinkPad, and two different laptops running Windows 95 and Windows XP. Each of the machines offers a limited degree of functionality, and the iPhone Duo can open that whole vintage set in Tiny Computers.

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You run each computer directly. Lovejoy points to clicking keyboards, working command lines, paint programs, floppy disks, and familiar desktop games. You can open windows, write a note, draw something small, and explore each computer's personality. The OG Macintosh from 1984, reimagined as a laptop, is one of those personalities. The iMac G3, iBook G3, and PowerBook G4 are the other Mac options. The Commodore 64, IBM PC, Amiga 500, ThinkPad, and the Windows 95 and Windows XP laptops are separate machines in the same app.

Each of the machines offers a limited degree of functionality. Inside that limit, hidden files, secret commands, and a medal for every computer's game are waiting to be found. Occasionally, even Windows crashes. Those crashes show up on the two different laptops running Windows 95 and Windows XP. Lovejoy also names clicking keyboards, working command lines, paint programs, floppy disks, familiar desktop games, open windows, a note, and a small drawing. You also get to explore each computer's own personality.

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Lovejoy's report, at 4:37 am PT on Oct 27, 2026, is about the brand-new iPhone Duo. The most fun apps for it turn that phone into a decidedly old device. A 1980s Sony Walkman emulator came first. Tiny Computers is on the App Store with an OG Macintosh from 1984 reimagined as a laptop, an iMac G3, an iBook G3, a PowerBook G4, a Commodore 64, an IBM PC, an Amiga 500, a ThinkPad, and Windows 95 and Windows XP laptops.

Daring Fireball's John Gruber comments: "If you've got or get a Duo and don't try this out, you're not hooked up right." That line is about Tiny Computers for people who have a Duo or get one. You click keyboards, work command lines, open paint programs, use floppy disks, and play familiar desktop games. You can also write a note, draw something small, find hidden files and secret commands, earn a medal for every computer's game. Occasionally, even Windows crashes.

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Gruber addresses people who have an iPhone Duo and people who get one. Tiny Computers is the App Store app in that comment. They get four vintage Macs: an OG Macintosh from 1984, reimagined as a laptop, the iMac G3, the iBook G3, and the PowerBook G4. They also get a Commodore 64, an IBM PC, an Amiga 500, a ThinkPad, and two different laptops running Windows 95 and Windows XP. The 1980s Sony Walkman emulator was the earlier app for this Duo audience.

Ben Lovejoy wrote the report. He is a British technology writer and EU Editor for 9to5Mac. Readers get a firm limit: each of the machines offers a limited degree of functionality. The match is an owner who wants clicking keyboards, working command lines, paint programs, floppy disks, and familiar desktop games. That owner can open windows, write a note, draw something small, explore each computer's personality, then look for hidden files, secret commands, and a medal for every computer's game.

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Tiny Computers is on the App Store with the roster Lovejoy named. Four vintage Macs: an OG Macintosh from 1984, reimagined as a laptop, the iMac G3, the iBook G3, and the PowerBook G4. Non-Apple machines from a similar era: the Commodore 64, an IBM PC, an Amiga 500, a ThinkPad, and two different laptops running Windows 95 and Windows XP. Each offers a limited degree of functionality. Hidden files, secret commands, and a medal for every computer's game are waiting to be found.

The OG Macintosh is dated 1984 and reimagined as a laptop. The iMac G3, iBook G3, and PowerBook G4 are the other Mac options, named as products. The two different laptops run Windows 95 and Windows XP, and occasionally even Windows crashes. Gruber's comment for Duo owners is: "If you've got or get a Duo and don't try this out, you're not hooked up right." Tiny Computers is the App Store app for the Duo that this comment is about.