eWeek: Apple Folds in Mac OS 9 Group. While this is the end of an era, a goodbye to a friend, I don’t feel particularly sad about Mac OS 9’s passing. I removed Mac OS 9 from my machine when I installed Jaguar. All of the applications I use on a daily basis have made the jump now, and Mac OS X is completely superior to Mac OS 9 in terms of both performance on the same hardware and stability. The addition of the chewy Unix underpinnings, and the software that has accompanied it, has actually meant that I am also using my Windows laptop less and less as well. If you use the Mac OS, I urge you to embrace the winds of change rather than fight them. You won’t be sorry, I promise.