MacOS
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The Operating System of Macs.
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OS8
OS9
OS9 was still quite heavily used in 2003 - being as it was the shipping distro for all the original IMacs, and G3s, as well as the older G4s.
Many Mac users were actually currently forced to stay with OS9 to some extent due to the fact that Quark is not yet available in an OSX (or, perhaps 'OS 10') compatible flavour - as a result, many graphic design studios are unable to shed the older OS in favour of...
OSX
OSX - The operating system that might finally make a mac a viable option for a wider userbase - being as it is, *NIX powered. It is, as a result of its *NIX componentry, considerably more sturdy than its predecessors, although it is still far from uncrashable (despite what Apple and their fanboys may say).
Complete with all sorts of unnecessary graphical whistles and bells, you may find that **OSX** runs poorly on an older Mac (G3 and <1Ghz G4) (especially when windows are bouncing to and from the dock).
All new (2003 and on) PPC macs (except for the top of the line model in the PowerG4 series) are now locked to only boot into OSX - you simply can't run OS9 in anything other than 'classic mode' (effectively - running emulated OS9 inside a window on OSX).
