The Wall Street Journal recently published an article stating that Dell were to phase out their XPS range of PC’s in favour of the Alienware brand.

The WSJ went on to say that having both the XPS range and the Alienware brands in the same stable would somehow, to pardon a pun, alienate the Alienware range of products.

Dell countered by stating that they had no idea where the WSJ got such information.

Dell spokesperson Anne Camden stated; “XPS remains an important Dell brand with its heritage of premium performance, look at the XPS One, our first entry into the all-in-one market, the XPS M1330, an industry leading ultraportable or the XPS 420 desktop, designed for multi-media activities”.

Camden went further to state; “We don’t plan an early phase-out of these systems as the WSJ incorrectly stated, and in fact will continue to refresh them to keep them on the front edge of gaming”.

Dell will still have a finger in the Alienware Pie however as these events will have no impact on the company’s upcoming AMD-based Alienware system which will be priced at $1,700.

Source: Daily Tech

Tags: alienware, amd, dell, multi media, wall street journal

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