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by goosedragons 1240 days ago
A lot. Much bigger interface differences than 98 to XP, many programs required "Classic" mode to run essentially a Mac OS 9 VM. Some programs like games ran like arse in Classic mode so you had to dual boot to get decent performance. Plus the first several Mac OS X versions weren't exactly quick on hardware designed with classic Mac OS in mind like the iMac G3. But it looked a lot better and wouldn't crash all the time.