OP, I hope you can get your laptop fixed so that you can have your Sims 3 back - having both games might make you like Sims 4 a little more. If I get to missing, say, the open world of Sims 3 or CaSt, I just go back to it for a while. Being able to go back and forth makes it so that I can enjoy each game for what it is and I don't feel like I'm missing anything. So you might not want to give up on S4 just yet! One day, if you get your S3 back, you might find it fun to play S4 sometimes, too. :)