I am using a W500 on Debian right now. Because this laptop has two graphic cards and because the ATI has no open source drivers, I use the intel card on Linux. I read a lot of reports about the ATI card using a *LOT* of power. Try disabling the Switchable Graphics in the BIOS.
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I am using a W500 on Debian right now. Because this laptop has two graphic cards and because the ATI has no open source drivers, I use the intel card on Linux. I read a lot of reports about the ATI card using a *LOT* of power. Try disabling the Switchable Graphics in the BIOS.