New Laptop - OSX required :)

[Litos]

Aloha! Ive recently got a new laptop and im hoping to get OSX installed on it. Ive tried the Niresh release of Mountain Lion, but the install stops before its finished telling me installation has encountered an error.

Anyway here is my spec:

HP Pavilion G Series g6-1241ea
Product Number - A5M45EA
CPU - 2.4 Ghz Intel Core i5-2430M
RAM - 6GB DDR3
WIFI - Ralink RT5390 802.11b/g/n
GFX - Intel HD 3000


Currently Running Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64

[Shaneee]

Try the latest version of iATKOS ML. Also what graphics does the laptop run?

[Litos]

Sorry mate i just edited it because i left it out lol. Its Intel HD 3000

Also, if i have a NTFS partition with my data on, could i keep this intact and use it in OSX?

[Shaneee]

Graphics will work fine. Take a look at this link,

Code: Select allhttp://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/282045-hd3000-full-acceleration-for-108/

OS X can access NTFS drives but read only. You can gain full read/write access but it becomes a pain. Personally I would make a backup of the data and install OS X on the whole drive then restore the backups to OS X.

[Litos]

Ah brilliant. My DL DVDs should arrive tomorrow so ill try it :D Thanks a lot Shane

[Shaneee]

You could use UltraISO to burn the iATKOS iso to USB. As for the WiFi I'm not sure it will work in Mountain Lion. I would suggest getting an Atheros AR5B91 as it works OOB

[Litos]

Im going to try making a USB installer from inside my ML virtual machine. Hopefully it will work ok lol. Im downloading the iAtkos ML2 image again on the virtual box and then using diskimage to prepare and restore the image and the bootloader. Fingers crossed :P

[Shaneee]

Thats the way to go A vanilla install is always better but the iATKOS editions have more drivers included.

[Litos]

I got it installed using iAtkos ML2. Couldnt get either the wifi nor the ethernet working so im going to do some research and start again using vanilla ML i think. Back to the drawing board! :P At least this is the furthest i got

[Shaneee]

I think you will have problems with your WiFi card. As I said the AR5B91 is a cheap OOB replacement.

What LAN do you have?