Obsolete MAC OS Versions Support ?

Hi, Jonathan. Your question has comparatively little meaning, since Apple does not label older OSes as "obsolete" the way it labels old Macs. But there has been no development of anything associated with any OS 9 version at Apple for several years, so in that sense, OS 9.2.2 and earlier are obsolete.

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I would add that even 10.3.8 and earlier no longer get security patches:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798

Good security practices as explained in my FAQ:

http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html#SECURITY

Of course Mac OS 9 being as old as it is, would be an unlikely target for attack by hackers, and more unlikely than Mac OS X, even though Mac OS X's own security is better. Whether Mac OS X will ever become truly vulnerable though is a matter of much debate. I for one doubt it.

Apple has not though removed the updates for Mac OS 9. You can get them on this page:

http://www.apple.com/support/macos9/

I would add that even 10.3.8 and earlier no longer get security patches...

Just to clarify, Mac OS X 10.3 Panther still gets security updates (at the same time as 10.4). However, 10.3.9 is the latest incremental update, and everyone with Panther is expected to have that version. Therefore, 10.3.8 and earlier no longer get the updates.