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  1. Bug #760131
  2. Comment #184

Comment 184 for bug 760131

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Kevin (kevinshlee) wrote :

Thanks madbiologist for your answer.

It's Intel i7 2620M. It has an AMD Radeon HD 6630M switchable graphics chip but I turned it off by following http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1752202
More specifically http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?s=cf99e4261d426e3add7cb3413d0fd8f1&p=10832728&postcount=7 and http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10803370&postcount=27

I tested with Oneiric and its latest kernel but it didn't work. With Oneiric, it seems to drain the battery even faster.
I only tested it with Live USB but updated it to get the latest kernel and other software packages.

For now, I've completely got rid of Ubuntu and am using Windows 7 which I really didn't want. On Windows 7, I have about 5+ hour battery life whereas with Natty, it's about 2 hours (with Oneiric, it seems shorter).