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Deal of the day: powerful Lenovo IdeaPad Y550p $749 after coupon

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

While not the lap-melting quad-core version, this Lenovo IdeaPad Y550p has a ton of performance for your buck. Normally priced at $1199, Lenovo takes $250 off automatically and is also offering a $200 coupon for a limited time, bringing the price down to just $749!

For all that hard earned quid, Lenovo doesn’t skimp on the tech: Core i5 2.26-2.53GHz dual core processor, 4GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M 1GB graphics and a 500GB hard drive make this one heckuva performer for under $800.

Don’t expect the 6-cell battery to keep you going for more than 2-3 hours, at the most, but as long as you’ve got a wall outlet nearby this thing will rocket past its AMD and Intel CULV competitors.

The coupon expires May 10th, or after 100 uses. Specs and details on how to get the deal are below!

  • Core i5-430 2.26GHz; 4GB DDR3; 15.4″ HD WLED LCD
  • GeForce GT 240M 1GB; 500GB Hard Drive; DVD+/-RW
  • 6-cell battery; Bluetooth 2.1+EDR; Windows 7

How to get the deal

  1. Click here and select the middle column, model 324166U Black
  2. Apply coupon code in shopping cart w/no spaces before/after: USPY66503

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Deal of the day: $280 off Lenovo IdeaPad Y550p quad core, NVIDIA graphics $869

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Today we bring you one of the best prices you’ll find on a quad core notebook, much less one with 4GB RAM and NVIDIA discrete graphics. Lenovo’s IdeaPad Y550p is selling for $869 after $100 instant discount and an exclusive $280 stackable coupon.

The Y550p won’t impress in the battery life or weight departments, but the chassis is incredibly solid and the keyboard top notch. The biggest thing this model has going for it is the insane amount of performance for the price.

This deal expires April 19th or after 150 units are sold.

Base specs

  • Core i7-720QM 1.66GHz (Turbo Boost up to 3GHz); 4GB DDR3; 15.6″ HD LED 1366 x 768 LCD
  • DVD+/-RW; 6-cell Battery; GeForce GT 240M 1GB; Windows 7
  • Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR; 1yr warranty; 802.11n WiFi; 320GB HDD

How to get the deal

  1. Click here to customize your IdeaPad Y550p model 324164U
  2. Apply coupon code in shopping cart w/no spaces before/after: USPY650412

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Quad-core IdeaPad Y550p Core i7 laptop now available to purchase, plus 10% off

Friday, December 4th, 2009

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Back at the end of October, Lenovo announced a number of new IdeaPad laptops, one being the high performance IdeaPad Y550p. It finally popped up on their site recently for purchase, and even better it is on sale.

Like a muscle car from the days of yore, Lenovo took their Y550 and stuffed Intel’s latest speed demon processor in it: the quad core Core i7. While the “base speed” of the chip may only be around 1.6GHz or 1.73GHz, Intel’s nifty “Turbo Boost” feature (unrelated to the dismal Flash-cache tech that debuted for Vista) can boost single core speeds up to a massive 2.8-3.06GHz. We actually covered a bit more on this topic earlier today.

Moving past the massive motor stuffed in the Y550p’s engine bay, it’s got a 15.6-inch 16:9 display powered by NVIDIA’s GeForce GT 240M graphics with 1GB RAM. You get all the goodies like an ExpressCard slot, HDMI output, card reader and up to 8GB DDR3 RAM.

Both of the configurations for sale on Lenovo.com have 4GB DDR3 RAM and the requisite Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, along with Intel WiFi 5100 and Bluetooth. The $150 price difference between the two models buys you the faster Core i7-820QM processor and larger 500GB hard drive.

The coupon code expires on December 7th and you can get all the details on how to get the discount below!

Y550p base model – 324164U

  • Price: $1,249 – 10% coupon = $1,124
  • Specs: Core i7-720QM (1.6-2.8GHz, 6MB L2); 4GB DDR3; Win7 Home Premium 64-bit
  • NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M 1GB; 15.6″ HD LED display (1366×768); 320GB HDD
  • DVD recordable; 6-cell; Intel WiFi 5100; Bluetooth

Y550p upgraded model – 324162U

  • Price: $1,399 – 10% coupon = $1,259
  • Adds additional specs: Core i7-820QM (1.73-3.06GHz, 8MB L2); 500B HDD

How to get the deal

  1. Click here to configure the IdeaPad Y550p of your choice
  2. Apply coupon code in shopping cart w/no spaces before or after: USPSEARCH

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New IdeaPad notebooks announced: U150, U550, Y550p

Monday, October 26th, 2009

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Today Lenovo officially announces three new IdeaPad notebooks, although two of them have been in public already. The new notebooks consist of the IdeaPad U150, U550, and Y550p.

We had already been introduced to the U150 and U550, at least informally. The U150 is an 11.6-inch 16:9 notebook available with Intel’s Celeron, Pentium, and Core 2 Duo processors. To keep the weight down to around 3 lb and thickness less than an inch, you won’t find an optical drive on the U150. Overall it looks to be a smaller version of the U350 and priced in the same $599-$799 range.

The IdeaPad U550 has actually been available for purchase for the last few days at Lenovo.com, and as we knew it is a 15.6-inch 16:9 notebook. You’ll find Celeron, Pentium, Core 2 Solo, and Core 2 Duo processors in it, along with the option for ATI HD4330 512MB graphics. An optical drive is built-in, but they were still able to keep the weight down to 5.29 lb and a little over 1 inch thick.

The laptop we haven’t heard about yet is the Y550p. The ‘p’ moniker denotes high performance models in the ThinkPad line, and even though the IdeaPad U450p isn’t so high performance, the Y550p definitely is. Intel’s new quad-core Core i7 processor is the standard CPU, with the Turbo Boost feature I posted about previously. You’ll also find NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M graphics with 1GB VRAM, available Blu-ray drive, and a large 15.6-inch 16:9 LCD. The Y550p is a little larger at 1.45-inches thick and 6 lb., but that’s not a bad size for the powerful processor in a package that will retail for around $1399.

Hit the jump for the full tech specs and image gallery

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