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powered laptop and MP3 player  But just experiments, not for
sale  MSI is showing off a laptop and an MP3 player at CeBit
that use on-board solar panels to recharge and extend battery
life.  The Taiwanese company, known mainly for its motherboards
and graphics cards, said the products are experimental, and it
doesn't expect to put them on sale. They're an attempt to dabble
in ways to provide power to portable devices in remote areas and
recharge batteries, areas the company's research and development
team has been focusing on, said Marc Chen, product manager for
the notebook computer division.  "This is only a concept – to
create a vision for the future," Chen said.  The lid of the
laptop is covered with solar panels so that even when it's
closed, it's still gathering the sun's energy. The system needs
a voltage converter to adapt the output of the solar cells to
the laptop's battery charging circuitry, MSI said.  The main
trouble with using solar