MacBook Drinks Solar with Apple Juicz
While Apple is greening up its laptops, it isn’t spitting out solar products yet. So, taking up the call, QuickerTek has put out an awesome new product specifically for Macophiliacs. Fitting the MacBook, a foldable sheet of thin-film solar cells can charge up your laptop for free – well, after you shell out the big bucks for the product.
Depending on how fast you want your battery recharged (and how much you have to spend), you can get an 18 watt panel that takes 14 hours to charge up your MacBook, a 27 watt panel that takes 8 hours, or a 55 watt panel that can get you juiced up in as few as 5 hours.
Now, the sheets range from $500 to $1,000, so I’m not quite sure what the incentive is to use this rather than WAY cheaper plug-in, unless you have a massively guilt-ridden eco-conscience or you’re rarely near an outlet, which, let’s face it, is unlikely to be the case if you own a MacBook.
Demand for realistically priced (and sized) ways to charge laptops with solar is increasing, so hopefully soon we’ll see more options attached lower price tags.
via: GoodCleanTech
