Dell kills XPS, Inspiron, Precision, and Latitude brands, reworks PC offerings

Cutting corners: The XPS, Inspiron, and Latitude brands person been integral to Dell's personality since nan 1990s. However, starting pinch its 2025 lineup of laptops and desktops, nan institution is adopting a simplified naming strategy that reflects 3 chopped capacity and value tiers.

Dell's 2025 laptops are now disposable for order, marking a important departure from astir 3 decades of tradition. The devices characteristic a caller naming normal designed to intelligibly awesome their intended marketplace segments.

The Inspiron, Latitude, and XPS brands will beryllium replaced pinch Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Max. The elemental "Dell" sanction will bespeak comparatively affordable laptops and desktops for school, work, and leisure. Meanwhile, Dell Pro systems will sasaran master IT users, while nan highest capacity levels are reserved for Dell Pro Max.

Dell introduced its first XPS laptop successful 1993, followed by nan debut of nan Latitude XP successful 1994 and nan motorboat of nan Inspiron bid pinch nan Dell Inspiron 7000 successful 1998.

While past year's XPS, Inspiron, and Latitude devices will stay disposable until inventory runs out, astir of Dell's early PCs will adopt nan new, streamlined naming system. Despite these changes, Dell will proceed to connection its Alienware gaming brand.

The 3 caller tiers will besides see subcategories indicating surface size and shape factor. For example, 14-inch and 16-inch Dell Pro Plus laptops are presently available for astir $1,700. Premium models are person to $2,000, and rugged variants pinch durable shells inhabit nan highest value bracket contempt featuring older Intel Core Ultra 100 processors.

Other upcoming laptops, desktops, and monitors utilizing nan caller naming strategy are expected soon.

Dell has besides embraced nan increasing inclination of AI-enabled PCs. The Dell Pro desktops will beryllium nan company's first pre-built towers to see NPUs for handling onboard generative AI workloads.

Additionally, Dell announced a caller improvement kit for AI models optimized for NPUs. The institution claims its caller Pro AI Studio – featuring Dell tools, frameworks, templates, and models – tin trim improvement and deployment times by up to 75 percent.

The institution besides revealed 3 caller 4K monitors that will vessel successful nan coming weeks.

The caller 32- and 27-inch UltraSharp Thunderbolt Hub displays, retailing for $950 and $700, respectively, connected February 25, support Thunderbolt 4, USB-A, USB-C, and RJ45 ports pinch 140W powerfulness delivery. Meanwhile, a caller 32-inch QD-OLED show pinch a 120Hz refresh complaint will beryllium disposable connected March 27 for $800.