Named brands like XPS and Inspiron will now fall under performance categories. Plus, Dell expanded its partnership with AMD.

Dell also isn’t doing away with the Alienware sub-brand, which it purchased in 2006. Alienware gaming models will, apparently, keep their specific names, such as “Area 51” and “m16.” Monitor names seem to be unaffected, too, so the “UltraSharp” line will still exist.

Dell is completely rebranding its suite of laptops, offering three iterations: Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max. I'll break them down for you.

Dell has announced a major change in its PC branding, it is moving away from long-standing product names like XPS, Inspiron, and Latitude in favor of a simplified naming scheme reminiscent of Apple's approach.

The company has opted to kill off the XPS brand in favor of something simpler, although from what we can tell, it might