Solar Powered Laptops

smitty777 writes "Greentech is running a story on a solar powered laptop concept. The device was created by industrial designer Andrea Ponti, and includes a solar panel on the outside of the case as well as one below the keyboard. The idea seems to be taking shape; Samsung has a design they've been developing as well."

E-Ink

[sonicmerlin]

Why not put solar panels on E-ink based e-readers? You have Amazon et al. bragging about their battery life, but if you put a solar panel on the things you'd never need to charge them.

Re:Laptop != Calculator

[Anonymous Coward]

All these comments comparing calculators to laptops...

Or on the flip side, all these comments immediately assuming it's like one of those giant desktop-replacement beasts.
I can't answer for the others, but when I saw the headline, I immediately thought of netbook-class processors, or smartphone class. No moving parts. Charge it either in the sun or with a cord. Run in non-backlit mode when in the sun, a modest sized screen won't draw so much power, and an ARM system-on-a-chip only pulls one watt at full blast.