Mac OS 9 still good for the year 2006?

Hi, I was just wondering if Mac OS 9 would be good OS to keep up with today`s computer demands...
I am buying the PowerBook Pismo but I dont think it will run very well on OS X...
does anyone know if Mac OS 9 is still good?

Hi, iBTO. Mac OS 9 still does everything it did in 2000-2001, just as well as it did then. All the software you might have wanted to run in OS 9 back then, you can run in OS 9 now. What you can't do in OS 9 is run software that's been written since then to run in OS X, or view web sites that require support for newer security features, newer multimedia browser plug-ins, or newer browser versions.
The Pismo, especially the 500MHz version, will run Panther (OS X 10.3.x) or Tiger (10.4.x) quite acceptably — much better than your iBook would — if it has at least 512MB of RAM and a big, fast hard drive installed. The original 4200 RPM 6,10, and 12GB hard drives that shipped in most Pismos are too small to be very practical for use with Panther or Tiger; the 6GB drive is really out of the question. The 20GB 4200 RPM drive that some later Pismos shipped with is the minimum adequate drive for Panther or Tiger use by anyone who expects to save any significant amount of digital music, video or photos; most OS X users will soon outgrow a 20GB drive. If the Pismo you're buying has a 6, 10 or 12 GB drive now, and you'd like to be able to use iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie or any combination thereof, get yourself a 5400 RPM 60GB or 80GB hard drive and at least one 512MB RAM module for it, and you'll probably be pretty happy running OS X on it for a year or two, for a comparatively small initial investment. Or for a really minimal investment, you can keep running your five-year-old software indefinitely on it, in OS 9.

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