Posted on Wednesday, June 17 2009 @ 16:02 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Dell
is streamlining its business and intends to phase out its XPS branded gaming PC lineup. Instead, the company will focus more on its Alienware division.
Dell will instead focus its resources in the lucrative gaming PC sector on Alienware, which it acquired in 2006, although the company spokesperson stopped short of giving a date when this transition would happen.
"You'll see an overlap of several months," said Dell spokesperson Markus Schuetz in an email conversation.
Schuetz was referring to the new Alienware M17x gaming laptop, which will eventually replace the XPS M1730 when it is phased out later this year. "We will have similar situations on the desktop front later this year," he said before later adding "we will transition current Dell XPS 6xx and 7xx to Alienware later this fall/winter."
