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

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