Instaling Macosx on ASUS K52J

I recently purchased the K52F-BBR9 the Specs are as follows:

Processor: Intel® Core™ i3 370M
Ram: 4gb
HDD: 500gb
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics

I used my retail disk and restored it to my USB flash drive (at least 8gb in size) and I used the myHack installer to make the flash drive bootable (this of course requires you to have a pre existing mac). The furthest I have got in software updates is 10.6.3, nothing really works yet in terms of wifi, graphics, sound, etc. I am looking into the dsdt.

more details on it are here (bes tbuy.com/site/Asus+-+Laptop+/+Intel%26%23174;+Core%26%23153;+i3+Processor+/+15.6%22+Display+/+4GB+Memory+/+500GB+Hard+Drive+-+Brown/1257181.p?id=1218243230371&skuId=1257181&st=asus%20k52&cp=1&lp=3)

if I get past anything I'll post as soon as i can.

Anyone have success with this? I just recently got the Asus K52F-BBR9 and would like to give OS X a go, but I'd like to learn from others' mistakes.

Haven't tried a PC-based Mac install before, but I'd like to dual-boot OS X and Pinguy (an Ubuntu derivative which I already have installed). Thanks!

/Kevin

If this has NVidia Optimus graphics, which is what is sounds like, then it just flat out won't work.

@bkribbsIf this has NVidia Optimus graphics, which is what is sounds like, then it just flat out won't work.

It's all Intel, including the video. Definitely not nVidia, so hopefully I have a shot. But we'll see.

/Kevin

@commonplaceIt's all Intel, including the video. Definitely not nVidia, so hopefully I have a shot. But we'll see. /Kevin

I was referring more to the OP.

@bkribbsI was referring more to the OP.

Oh, okay, sorry. I bumped a thread from over 7 months ago, so I assumed you were replying to me, not the OP. (Looks like he has Intel, too, though; I believe all these models with the Intel chipset have Intel graphics as well, but maybe his is different than most.)

/Kevin

@commonplaceOh, okay, sorry. I bumped a thread from over 7 months ago, so I assumed you were replying to me, not the OP. (Looks like he has Intel, too, though; I believe all these models with the Intel chipset have Intel graphics as well, but maybe his is different than most.) /Kevin

But see how the OP says he has nvidia and intel, that won't work.

If you give me specs I can attempt to tell you.

@bkribbsBut see how the OP says he has nvidia and intel, that won't work. If you give me specs I can attempt to tell you.

It's the ASUS K52-BBR9. Intel Core i3 M370 CPU (2.4GHz quad-core), 4GB DDR-3 1066 RAM, 500GB HDD. It uses the Intel HM55 chipset with Intel integrated graphics. (ASUS just says "Embedded Intel GMA HD" and Linux reports it as "00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18)".)

Hopefully that helps! Let me know if you need anything else. I really appreciate your help!

/Kevin