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You can keep on using your Mac, even without (security) updates.
I still have a G3 iMac somewhere running Panther (OS X 10.3) and I use it as a SSH terminal, some light surfing, mail and chat.

I think a lot depends on the applications. OS X has always had a good firewall and doesn't expose ports willy-nilly. If it's a well firewalled client connecting to SSH or well known mail/chat servers, the risk isn't very high. Browsing the web (or rendering HTML mail) on Safari 1.2 or FireFox 2 is probably much more risky, since the security holes tend to be cumulative and (for FireFox) frequently cross-platform.

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