I would like to report for the record that I just sat outside for a day, morning to evening, with an eMate powered by a KISS Solar panel (which came unexpectedly with some other Newton paraphenalia in an eBay purchase). I was working on some writing, in partial shade, with the machine powered on all day (no backlighting, admittedly, but no going to sleep, either) and not only was the little eMate solar powered the whole time, but the sun actually recharged the NiMH batteries while the machine was running. This, as the youngsters say these days, is "way cool": a laptop that literally does not need mains electricity. I could get hooked: a "Green" machine in more ways than one! [8D]