In the rush of Black Friday Offers, we want to make sure you don't miss out on some hot promotions Lenovo.com Canada is providing for the RedFlagDeals.com's 9th Anniversary Celebration. These exclusive discounts should produce configurations of interest whether you're looking for a well equipped laptop in the $450-$550 range, or something much more performance or portability oriented. These savings expire at the end of the day on November 29.

• For ThinkPad SL notebooks, use coupon code CAPREDFLAGDEALSSL to save 20% or 25% when you spend $850 or more
• For ThinkPad R, Tablet, T, T400s, X, and W series laptops, use coupon code CAPREDFLAGDEALS to save 20% when you spend up to $1349, 25% when you spend $1350 to $1499, and 35% when you spend $1500 or more
• For IdeaPad Laptops and Netbooks (including the new nVidia Ion equipped versions of the IdeaPad S12), use use coupon code CAPREDFLAGDEALS for a 20% discount

Here's a look at a some 14" and 15" ThinkPad SL laptops with low prices (prices factor in the coupon discount):

• $439.20 ThinkPad SL410: Intel Celeron T3000 (Dual-core, 1.8GHz, 1MB Cache), Windows 7 Home Premium 64, 14.0" HD display, Intel GMA4500M, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 160GB hard drive, DVDRW, ThinkPad b/g/n, 6-cell battery
• $439.20 ThinkPad SL510: Intel Celeron T3000 (Dual-core, 1.8GHz, 1MB Cache), Windows 7 Home Premium 64, 15.6" HD display, Intel GMA4500M, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 160GB hard drive, DVDRW, ThinkPad b/g/n, 6-cell battery
• $519.20 ThinkPad SL510: Intel Core 2 Duo T5870, Windows 7 Home Premium 64, 15.6" HD display, Intel GMA4500MHD, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 250GB hard drive, DVDRW, Intel WiFi Link 1000 (a//b/g/n), 6-cell battery
• $519.20 ThinkPad SL410: Intel Core 2 Duo T5870, Windows 7 Home Premium 64, 14.0" HD VibrantView display, Intel GMA 4500MHD, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 250GB hard drive, DVDRW, Intel WiFi Link 1000 (a/b/g/n), 6-cell battery

The Celeron T3000 processor shouldn't be taken too lightly. It's a 1.8GHz dual-core processor (Penryn) with 1MB of cache. For casual users, students, and small business users on a budget who need laptops for productivity, browsing, and moderate media playback, the SL410 and SL510 notebooks at $439.20 should be more than up to the task. NotebookCheck.net has a mobile processor benchmark chart with over 300 processors. The T3000 ends up at #98 -- not bad at all.