The Sims 3 won't work on my Macbook Pro

I just recently got a Macbook Pro that came with Lion installed already. When I tried to put Sims 3 into it, the computer didn't read the disk. Is there anything I can do to get Sims to work on my computer? Thanks

Is it a Mac disk?  If not, it won't work unless you create a Windows partition, and install Windows through Boot Camp or an emulator like Parallels.

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