Which recent Macs run OS9 best in Classic Mode?

I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the proper forum. I wasn't sure where to post.
I have a old Power Mac tower with OS9 that's taking up a lot of space and I'd love to get rid of it. I've been using OSX on my laptop for years.
The problem is that I have zillions of documents in OS9 that I need occasionally so I'd like to transfer them to a newer and smaller computer that's capable of running Classic mode reasonably well. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
macbook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi monimac;
Since all of the recent Macs are based on the Intel processor which is incapable of supporting Classic, the short answer is none.
As I see it you have two choices here, either migrate the documents over to an application that runs under OS X or get a second hand systm that still supports Classic.
When I made the migration from OS 9 to OS X, I did not find converting my documents over to OS X applications to be that difficult of am undertaking.
Allan

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