Playing a game with NO disk drive?

I recently downloaded Sims 3 on my 11 inch Macbook Air via File Sharing. Now... the only issue is that it will not play unless the disk is inserted... Problem...I don't HAVE a disk drive, obviously. How can I get the game to play properly when its already installed on my computer. There HAS to be a way, this is crazy

The Sims 3 is supported by Origin so it is possible to play it on the MacBook Air without the disc. Here's the problem with Origin, though. It's currently only available for Windows so you'd need to Boot Camp the machine in order to then install Windows, Origin and ultimately the Sims 3. Not exactly a work around. Origin is coming to the Mac and no mention of what cloud-sync games it'll support, there's also no date for when Origin will be available. So if you were willing to wait at a future point you might have some extra options or go the Bootcamp route.
I'll let you and Judge Linc Davis hash out the legal wrangling but outside of some "creative & questionable" no CD work arounds I'm afraid Linc is spot on about the requirement of having the CD present using an external drive.

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Attribute or characteristic
Solid-state drive
Hard disk drive
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Random access time[45]
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Defragmentation
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