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ASUS G51VX- Anyone try this laptop yet?
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Well, I think after a few weeks of deliberation on which laptop I wanted to drop $1k or so for that would fit my needs/desires for work and play I have come down to picking up the ASUS G51vx laptop which you can see at the link below:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1218092150636

I could not find any information on this laptop or the gtx 260m chipset for that matter in the forums, so was just curious if anyone has tried any osx86 installations on this model yet. I found a thread for the G50vt, which I assume is probably similar enough to be helpful but would definitely love to see if anyone has had a successful installation on this laptop... or unsucessful for that matter.

I have done a lot of playing in different desktop configurations over the last couple years and currently running Kalyway 10.5.2 on my desktop. But I am really hoping to get a nice stable install on a laptop as well, especially considering 15% restocking fees if you want to return an open laptop.

Anyways, any help or suggestions would be appreciated thx.
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- arbee10   ASUS G51VX- Anyone try this laptop yet?   Aug 2 2009, 07:29 PM
- - arbee10   so any chance anyone has tried this one yet? and i...   Aug 3 2009, 03:54 AM
- - captainhammer   Bumping this; I bought this laptop, and I'm wo...   Aug 24 2009, 07:25 PM
- - Mnemonicman   Had iDeneb 1.3 installed and it booted with cpus=1...   Sep 7 2009, 08:42 PM
- - Mnemonicman   Got OSX 105.5 installed again. Talked with a frien...   Sep 10 2009, 10:25 PM
- - Mnemonicman   *bump* Installed iAtkos 7i this morning. Just abo...   Sep 11 2009, 04:41 PM
- - Mnemonicman   Managed to get vanilla 10.6 installed to laptop. U...   Sep 17 2009, 04:53 AM
- - ImperfectLink   I looked around for ya mate but no 5100 kext yet. ...   Sep 17 2009, 08:01 PM
- - pomalink   any update on this G51VX running snow leopard? i ...   Oct 24 2009, 10:50 PM
- - pomalink   Nevermind...I got it all worked out. got everythi...   Oct 25 2009, 10:26 PM
|- - momo_101   QUOTE (pomalink @ Oct 25 2009, 11:26 PM) ...   Oct 26 2009, 12:16 AM
||- - pomalink   QUOTE (momo_101 @ Oct 25 2009, 05:16 PM) ...   Oct 26 2009, 08:56 AM
||- - aankun   QUOTE (pomalink @ Oct 26 2009, 04:56 PM) ...   Oct 30 2009, 09:48 AM
||- - HeadHuntiN   QUOTE (pomalink @ Oct 26 2009, 08:56 AM) ...   May 28 2010, 02:06 AM
|- - jsl   QUOTE (pomalink @ Oct 25 2009, 10:26 PM) ...   Aug 17 2010, 04:29 AM
- - momo_101   Thanks for the info. ...turned out the 10.5 EFI bo...   Oct 27 2009, 05:18 AM
- - tumman007   I got it fully working with iATkos v.7. 10.5.7 dar...   Oct 29 2009, 07:21 AM
- - kratossam   Hey thats great that Mnemonicman,pomalink,tumman00...   Nov 1 2009, 07:57 PM
|- - Mnemonicman   QUOTE (kratossam @ Nov 1 2009, 01:57 PM) ...   Nov 1 2009, 09:16 PM
- - kratossam   ok so how did u install it? via cd or usb (as ment...   Nov 2 2009, 06:06 AM
- - maverick62   Hello everybody. I have iatkos v7 and i installed ...   Nov 11 2009, 02:00 PM
- - kratossam   hey guys i just installed iatkos v7 on my laptop w...   Nov 15 2009, 07:28 PM
|- - maverick62   QUOTE I changed wireless from Intel 5100 to Broadc...   Nov 21 2009, 03:53 PM
- - orihi   QUOTE (pomalink @ Oct 25 2009, 11:26 PM) ...   Nov 22 2009, 06:33 PM
|- - kratossam   QUOTE (orihi @ Nov 22 2009, 07:33 PM) Yes...   Nov 23 2009, 07:08 AM
|- - maverick62   I will make a tuto with pictures for you, everythi...   Nov 23 2009, 07:48 PM
- - orihi   QUOTE (kratossam @ Nov 23 2009, 07:08 AM)...   Nov 25 2009, 12:18 PM
- - maverick62   I don't choose nvinject. I will have a look to...   Nov 25 2009, 01:01 PM
|- - orihi   QUOTE (maverick62 @ Nov 25 2009, 01:01 PM...   Nov 25 2009, 02:49 PM
- - maverick62   Press "Escape" Choose cd/dvd Press F...   Nov 26 2009, 07:17 AM
|- - orihi   QUOTE (maverick62 @ Nov 26 2009, 07:17 AM...   Nov 26 2009, 11:34 AM
- - maverick62   does it work?   Nov 27 2009, 10:41 PM
|- - orihi   QUOTE (maverick62 @ Nov 27 2009, 11:41 PM...   Nov 28 2009, 11:45 AM
- - maverick62   i have windows 7 before installing iatkos. I ever ...   Nov 28 2009, 11:57 AM
|- - orihi   QUOTE (maverick62 @ Nov 28 2009, 12:57 PM...   Nov 29 2009, 03:37 PM
- - kratossam   hey guys, m using iatkos v7 on my laptop. everythi...   Dec 4 2009, 06:37 PM
- - jakebb   Hey everyone, I just want to say thank you for hel...   Dec 4 2009, 11:52 PM
- - kratossam   hey guys anyone who can solve the bios date/time i...   Dec 5 2009, 06:47 PM
|- - HeeJun   QUOTE (kratossam @ Dec 5 2009, 06:47 PM) ...   Jun 15 2010, 11:24 AM
- - mintslice   Great info in this thread, thanks. I was just ...   Dec 7 2009, 06:18 AM
- - Starhero   QUOTE (jakebb @ Dec 5 2009, 12:52 AM) Hey...   Dec 7 2009, 05:34 PM
|- - Starhero   OK HA ... I actually am on the mac installation ri...   Dec 7 2009, 08:04 PM
- - gilleswt   I installed everything and it's working, but I...   Dec 7 2009, 10:44 PM
- - jakebb   QUOTE (Starhero @ Dec 7 2009, 09:34 AM) H...   Dec 10 2009, 11:37 PM
- - gilleswt   Thanks that fixed it. Anyone have any updates yet...   Dec 15 2009, 11:58 PM
|- - beaviskob1   QUOTE (gilleswt @ Dec 16 2009, 12:58 AM) ...   Dec 25 2009, 09:04 PM
- - jakebb   I bought a dell 1390 wifi card on ebay and it work...   Dec 16 2009, 03:10 AM
- - Weavie   Though I have got a clean SL 10.6.2 retail install...   Jan 10 2010, 07:15 PM
- - kl34i2   I just wanted to add my own setup process to see i...   Feb 16 2010, 06:43 AM
- - jaylittle   kl34i2, I have a similar setup on my G60VX laptop...   Feb 16 2010, 12:42 PM
- - momo_101   Anyone figure out how to not need the cpus=1 anymo...   Apr 15 2010, 05:36 PM
- - initial drift eg6   I installed and things worked well. I am running o...   Jul 22 2010, 12:41 AM
|- - Tamed G   Here's my extra's folder for my G51J which...   Jul 22 2010, 01:47 AM
- - initial drift eg6   After upgrading to 10.6.4 I did get the Kernel Pan...   Jul 22 2010, 04:58 PM
|- - initial drift eg6   WoW successfully installed. It runs better than it...   Jul 24 2010, 02:33 PM
- - kl34i2   I had written of my success a while back and recen...   Aug 19 2010, 04:12 PM

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