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About AI Desktop 98

AI Desktop 98 wraps powerful AI assistants inside a fully interactive retro desktop, complete with a BIOS boot sequence, Start menu, taskbar, draggable windows, and authentic sound effects. Choose your AI: run Apple Intelligence on-device, load local MLX models, or connect to cloud providers like OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Groq, and more — all from the Control Panel. FEATURES - Full retro desktop — boot sequence, Start menu, taskbar, and windowed apps - Multiple AI backends: Apple Intelligence, local MLX models, or cloud APIs - 11 cloud providers supported, including OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Ollama, and LM Studio - Save, rename, search, and organize conversations in My Documents - Recycle Bin with restore for deleted chats - Built-in retro web browser - Customizable chat fonts and text sizes - Export and share conversations as plain text or Markdown - Find dialog to search across all saved chats - Keyboard shortcuts for power users - CRT monitor overlay for maximum nostalgia - Authentic retro sound effects - Minesweeper PRIVACY On-device models run 100% locally — no internet required, no data collected, no accounts. Cloud API mode connects directly to your chosen provider using your own API key; nothing passes through our servers.

Ratings & reviews

4.2

22 ratings

5 ★ 68% 4 ★ 14% 3 ★ 5% 2 ★ 0% 1 ★ 14%

What’s new

Version 3 · Updated August 29, 2026

Initializing Update Wizard... Installing Microsoft Clippy Component (v1.0)... Updating Default Internet Explorer Runtime... Applying Virtual RAM Extension (32MB Cache)... System update completed successfully. Please restart your computer.

App privacy

The developer, Pritesh Desai, reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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