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

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

Dell executives say they want to make buying easier for consumers by simplifying the process. CEO Jeff Clarke stated that customers prefer names that are easy to remember and pronounce. The company says the decision is supported by research involving "tens of thousands of customers.

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