Ever wondered just how much an iPad can cost you in electricity per year? If you're worried about it you might like to know that according top a new study carried by Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) the iPad costs just $1.36 in electricity per year, based on a full recharge every other day.
From a quick survey with my friends with iPads, they say they charge it a lot less (just 2 or 3 times per week) meaning that cost would be even lower.
Considering that most people will have their computers and laptops turned off while using the iPad - and that regular computers are a lot more power hungry than the iPad (or similar Android tablets), it seems that using a tablet is a win/win scenario: both in comfort and in power efficiency.
A computer would cost you at least ten times more (and we're not even considering leaving a computer always on, or regularly using a PC for power hungry tasks, like 3D gaming - where you can have a computer use up 300Watts or more.)
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