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Viliv S10 Netbook as Solar-Powered Desktop (Cont’d)

Published on July 20, 2010 By Steve Chippy Paine

  I talked yesterday about my testing with the Viliv S10 and my 24w solar panel. Today I’ve implemented the solution as my desktop PC. Previously (for the last 5 months) I had been using a Fujitsu U820 UMPC as my desktop. It was running Windows XP on a Intel Atom 1.6 CPU. The Viliv [...]

Simple Off-Both-Grids Solar Computing Solution with the Viliv S10

Published on July 19, 2010 By Steve Chippy Paine

I’ve just done an interview with the  HomeofSolarEnergy website which I guess will be posted soon. The best thing about it was that it got me unpacking my solar panel and thinking about a simple solar powered computing solution again. Update: The Interview on Home Of Solar Energy is available here. I mentioned the Viliv [...]

A Solar-Powered PC for 2010.

Published on January 31, 2010 By Steve Chippy Paine

I’d love to get out an do another Solar Computing Tour in 2010 but I’ll have to plan it carefully. Our new baby is due in March so maybe I can pull a long weekend together in late August but we’ll have to see how things go. It doesn’t stop me thinking about solar computing [...]