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s and all-in-one computers sold by

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. The Inspiron range mainly competes against Acer's Aspire;

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's Transformer Book Flip,

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and

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; HP's

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, Stream, and

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;

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; and

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. In January 2025, Dell announced its intentions to gradually phase out the Inspiron brand (along with the XPS,

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lines) in favor of a singular brand simply named as "Dell" as part of the company's preparation for their next-generation AI PCs. Its new lineup of AI PCs includes the Dell laptop line, designed for play, school and work; the Dell Pro laptop line, which emphasizes professional-grade productivity; and the Dell Pro Max workstation line, developed for maximum performance. Other brands such as HP have also done a similar practice with the introduction of next-generation AI computers, with HP in particular retiring most of their other brands (such as the

and

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) in May 2024 in favor of a singular "Omni" brand for their own line of AI PCs.

Types

The Dell Inspiron lineup consisted of laptops, traditional desktops, and all-in-one desktops. *

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* Dell Inspiron All-in-One *

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netbooks (2008-2010)

Controversy

Dell was the subject of a

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lawsuit in 2005 over some of their Inspiron laptops (models affected include the 1100, 1150, 5100, 5150, and 5160). The suit was filed in September 2005, and was officially settled between December 2006 and January 2007, in what is known as the Lundell Settlement. There were a number of design flaws in this model, ranging from flaws in the cooling system of the notebook to a tab on the "C" panel pressing on the

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. In all, the design flaws caused the notebook to shut down suddenly or not to boot at all. The suit had been filed in Ontario, Canada; claimants said that the laptops suffered premature motherboard failures caused by overheating shortly after the warranty period had ended.

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