Solar MacBook Charger Costs More than MacBook Itself
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You’d buy a solar powered charger for your MacBook, right? Save money, save the planet, and all that other hippy stuff the Mac user cares about. How much would you pay for such a thing? $100? $200? Sure, it might be the cost of a couple spare batteries, but you’ll make it back in the end, won’t you?
How about $1,200, or $200 more than the MacBook itself? That’s what Quickertek wants for its new 55 Watt Apple Juicz (ho ho) charger, which can refill a tired Mac’s battery in as little as six hours. You can opt for the less powerful 27 Watt model which will take from eight to 12 hours to complete a recharge, and consequently “only” costs $700.
The solar panels are pretty huge when folded out, measuring around 12 times the size of the computer they are supplying (imagine a 4 x 3 grid of 13” MacBook Pros and you’ll get the idea). If you’re the kind of person who likes to camp for days on end, but can’t go without a computer, we guess this might be for you. On the other hand, $1,200 will buy an awful lot of extension cord.
Product page [Quickertek via 
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