Civilization 3 won't work on MacBook?

I have a new Macbook i bought a few weeks ago and bought a new copy of Civilization 3 off Ebay and installed it today but it wont work. I get this error

DrawSprocket cannot switch to the requested resolution (640x480, 16 bit, 1 buffer(s)).

Make sure your computer meets the display requirements specified to the Read Me file.

Not too sure what this means as I am new to mac, but I did download a demo version of Civilization 4 and it worked no problem, everything ran smooth. So an older version of this game should work no problem in my opinion. Any help or advice would be great. Thanks!!

-Nick

any ideas??

As you hopefully have learned by now, the new iMacs (I have a MacBook Pro, myself) do not operate Civ III due to the use of the new Intel processors.

I did the same thing, buying Civ III, and was equally disappointed. And, it doesn't seem like there's anything comparable out there (for now).