The laptops that will be offered this year will not be out of this world but they will include some small, yet nifty things. Consumer demand always forces this and so you get a new line of laptops for 2008. Blu-Ray optical drives and LED backlights are just some of the things that will be going into the more mainstream laptop. In the age of global warming it'd be weird not to mention more environmentally features on the new and improved models. A screen size increase is also in order but the funny thing is it's only a .2inch increase that is expected over the standard 15.4inch.These things will help make laptops get more colour and provide more quality with movies. It would be interesting to see though what would happen if HD DVD got some momentum and Blu-Ray eventually went bankrupt. Currently backlight equipment is usually CCFL's, Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamps, but with LED backlights taking the spotlight, it will reduce the power and make it more viable to make the laptop thinner much like the MacBook Air.
WiMax has made huge gains, but also has made huge steps back. This includes what has happened in many large cities where plans have fallen apart. San Fransisco is back on track and Toronto is hopefully hot on there heels. In light of all this, notebook manufacturers are including WiMax technology onto their laptops which is surprising as WiMax is still in its early stages. Finally, internet TV is making its way onto many people monitors, desktop and laptop and so expect to see tuners pre-installed and better webcams ranging up to 3 megapixel with an average of 2-MP.