Dell on Monday announced an overhaul of its PC branding strategy with a simplified naming scheme that bears a striking resemblance to

So that means Dell’s top-of-the-line laptop will be referred to as the Dell Pro Max (Premium), which is a step above the Dell Pro Max (Plus), which is a step above the Dell Pro Max (Base), which is a step above the Dell Pro (Premium), which is…better than XPS, Inspiron, and Latitude?

The Dell, Dell Plus and Dell Premium series comprise the company's consumer models that were previously labeled as either Inspiron or XPS. The Dell Pro series replaces the Latitud

So long XPS, au revoir Inspiron, later, Latitude. Dell is officially giving its existing PC brands the boot at CES 2025 and moving to terms that normal people will actually understand: Dell, Dell Pro and Dell Pro Max.

Dell's branding has always seemed a bit clumsy to me, and it seems the Texas-based tech giant may agree. It's just announced a branding change that simplifies its core PC product tiers into three main categories—Dell,

The PC manufacturer’s new laptops, desktops, and monitors will have a simplified naming scheme with labels like ‘Pro’ and ‘Max.’

Branding is important. Corporations spend millions of dollars every year to make sure that words like “Tacoma” and “Sleep Number” press the right buttons in your brain. And Dell has spent decades putting that same work in for terms like “XPS,