Coming soon - Y470P!

[Ellatan]

IdeaPad Y470p - powerful multimedia laptop - Lenovo (US)

Important discount: Lenovo - Barnes and Noble Gold

Lenovo - Affordable Entertainment Laptops | IdeaPad Y Series | Y470p | Lenovo | US

Y470 is moving up in the world, better graphics card by quite a bit. Is there also a speaker improvement in Y470p compared to the regular one? I hope it will cost approximately the same, it would make it a much more attractive option for gaming before the release of Y480.

[AboutThreeFitty]

Aren't Ivy Bridge laptops coming out in couple of months?

Nice to see they're still using the awful 1366x768 screen still....

[Ellatan]

Yeah, they are coming out soon and Lenovo is refreshing their Ideapads model line. Y480 will stick to 1366x768 as well unfortunately. Personally for me that is an appropriate resolution for a 14" screen, however someone else might find it lacking. Only 15 inch Y580 will get a Full HD upgrade.

There are still a few months to go waiting for April releases. Therefore, if Y470p is released before then, it would grasp an even stronger role of a portable gaming solution, getting closer to M14x in graphics power while maintaining lighter weight. I'm just excited at upgraded graphics more than anything

[wildcard36qs]

Looks to be same everything, maybe just newer SB processors and the 7690M which is just a 100MHz faster 6770M which is better than the 550m for sure. Not bad.

[rushmore]

The Y470P is now on their site, but besides a higher price, I see no spec difference.

[Ellatan]

Hmmm, yeah... "Multimedia magic with AMD graphics" GT 550M. Lenovo is trolling us, lets hope it's a mistake.

[wildcard36qs]

I am sure it is a mistake. I bought my brother an E420 when they first came out and they listed the screen res as 1600x900...I was pissed when I found out it was a 1366x768. Thankfully they upgraded the RAM and HDD for free because of that.

This looks to be just a Y470 with AMD 7690m, nothing else has changed.

[Ellatan]

Sadface

Ryan: Thank you for choosing Lenovo sales chat. I’m Ryan, your sales chat representative. My rep id is RG2. What can I do for you today? how are you ?
Me: I'm good, and very interested in your newly released Y470p model
The thing that confuses me is that it's supposed to come with Radeon 7690M video card
but the website lists GT 550M
is that a mistake?
Ryan: ok your looking at the Y470 right
Me: no
I'm looking at Y470P
IdeaPad Y470p - powerful multimedia laptop - Lenovo (US)
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/c...B6&action=init
the description states Radeon 7690M
but the shop says Nvidia GT 550M
Ryan: yea only NVIDIA GeForce
it is not a mistake
better card for the gaming system
1GB dedicated RAM
great price for that system
Me: so why do you list Radeon 7690M in the description for Y470P?
Ryan: we'll have models for Y470p with that card later on down the road
its a web error
Me: do you know when they will be released?
it's actually a better card for gaming
besides that I don't see any difference between Y470 and Y470P, perhaps I'm missing something?
Ryan: there isn't anything different
I apologize, I didn't even realize they released that today
the Y470p
but looking at and comparing
virtually the same computer

[rushmore]

I prefer the 550, since much better switch function with Optimus. Still, this system is more expensive than the Y470 with same specs plus Blu ray.

[Ellatan]

Hmmm, I guess it was a mistake their page updated! Now they are listing 7690M. Happyface
Lenovo - Affordable Entertainment Laptops | IdeaPad Y Series | Y470p | Lenovo | US

With Lenovo - Barnes and Noble Gold discount, the cost is $934. Their Employee coupon ends on 25th, Sale rep confirmed 7690M.