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March 14, 2017 02:47 pm GMT

This iPhone running Windows XP works about as well as you think it would

Just because you can retrofit a modern day device to run an outdated, classic OS, should you?

Yes. The answer is always yes. 

There's now a video making the rounds of good ol' Windows XP chugging along on an iPhone 7 equipped with the latest version of iOS, 10.2.1. The classic OS is a sight for sore eyes—emphasis on sore after watching all the slow load times that make up most of the demo.

SEE ALSO: You'll actually want to watch these stop-motion loading screens

The video, which was spotted by WCCFtech, shows YouTuber Hacking Jules putting XP through its paces. It's impressive especially when you remember that XP came out 16 years ago, right around the same time Apple debuted the iPhone's first ancestor, the OG iPod.   Read more...

More about Retro, Operating System, Github, Windows Xp, and Iphone

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