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You misunderstand the purpose of Boot Camp. The purpose of Boot Camp is to allow you to set up a dual-boot of Mac OS X and Windows on your Mac. It does not allow you to run Windows programs directly on Mac OS X.
"Yes, you can run a Windows OS on a Mac notebook with the right software. There are programs such as Bootcamp that allow you to create a partition and install Windows OS."
No, Mac OS is an operating system. These allow for the controlling of the computer hardware and do not focus on helping people with a certain kind of work.
The licencing conditions you agree to when installing Apple's Mac OS X only allow it to be installed on hardware made by Apple.
The main OS for Mac can be found on a Mac when it is switched on. The current main OS is called Mac OS X.
I have a Mac OS X but I know Mac OS is a computer made by the brand/company, Apple.
The second name of Mac OS X v10.4.5 is Mac OS X v10.4 Intel.Mac OS X 10.4 was known as Mac OS X Tiger.
You cannot without erasing your hard drive and installing Mac OS 9 from scratch. Even then Mac OS 9 may not run on modern Mac hardware because Mac OS 9 needs the ROM chip to boot. Modern Mac OS X hardware uses EFI to boot the system instead of a ROM chip to boot. Mac OS X v10.0 - Mac OS X v10.4 support Mac OS 9 applications and can run them, you just need to install the Mac OS 9 compatibility program which can be found on the Mac OS X Install CD.
Many of Microsoft's USB Sidewinder products will work with Mac OS X. The addition of the GamePad Companion software (See links below) will allow for configuring the device with most Mac OS X software.
The oldest mac OS is System 1
Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) needs to be purchased as it is not possible to update from Mac OS X 10.2.8
Unless the disc is damaged and so needs reformatting you can run the Mac OS installer over an existing Mac OS.