If all your specs really check out then I honestly can't even think of what it could be. I've gotten Mac OS X to run just fine on both Wallstreets and Pismos, but I've never had personal experience with Lombards. I think you have the right idea, in that your final goal of GarageBand on a Lombard ...

yeah D it's a white G3 333MHz PPC. yes i'm sure it's got 128. i've been building and repairing computers (mac, pc, oddments) since 1995 so don't worry, my specs are good.

no it's not jaguar. that's on it already.
no, it's panther alright.

i get the ol' 'not compatible with this hardware ...

hi;

i have a G3 powerbook 333MHz (the 512 cache model not the cacheless).
i've forgotten the model name but i know it has 128MB of RAM.

it can use jaguar but won't install panther. i'd like panther as i'm a musician and i want to get garageband which only works with panther (so i've heard). i'm ...