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> solar powered laptop

What do you mean ?

You can already do that with a solar charger. I don't think we'll have solar panels integrated to laptops if that's what you meant, it doesn't make any sense (super bulky and fragile, only used a couple hours a day, needs perfect angle for optimal efficiency). It's much easier/more efficient/cheaper to get your house or office to use renewable energies than to add a solar panel on top of every devices you own.

It may work with very low spec laptops, but forget about macbooks. You need something like 6 hours of direct sunlight + 4 times the area of the laptop to get decent results.

https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac/how-solar-charge-macbo...




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