To be replaced with "Dell," "Dell Pro", and "Dell Pro Max"... Those tiers seem oddly familiar. They also throw away what I thought, as a proud long-time Dell Precision owner, was decent branding of their different lines for various market segments. But maybe it's a good thing - most major brands seem to offer too many laptop choices.<p>Shopping for a laptop recently has left me, ironically, running for Mac. The experience on <i>most</i> windows laptop vendor sites is awful:<p>- Dell's sales page focuses on proprietary names like "ExpressCharge TM", "Stealth Mode", "ComfortView TM", "Cryo-Tech TM", etc, that mean nothing to me [0]. It also gave me a pop-up when I went to a specific laptop's page.<p>- HP has way too many categories on the landing page [1]. I mistook "Elitebook Ultra" for their top-of-the-line, but then discovered they're $3000 lightweight notebooks with Snapdragon chips and Qualcomm GPUs. The first and second laptops shown appear to have identical specs, but differ in price by $2000 [2]. Trying my luck elsewhere, going to "ProBook" gives me no less than 53 options to read and sort through [3].<p>- Lenovo is actually decent [4]! The product lines are named well and properly explained. The UI isn't as pretty as HP's, but it's a lot more functional.<p>- Asus overall [5] isn't great (more proprietary names like "SmartHinge" and aesthetic-focused product descriptions). However, the Asus ProArt site is done fairly well [6].<p>Almost every windows laptop feels like it's trying to sell me on everything that <i>isn't</i> specs. "SmartHinge". "Stealth Mode". "Youthful" aesthetics. Weird proprietary bloatware and extended warranties.<p>And, even on the sites that don't give me confusing marketing, I'm left to figure out whether I need Windows "Pro" or "Home", what the hell Copilot+ is (a $20/mo upsell [7] that I'm guessing the laptop will forever beg me to add, like OneDrive used to), and if I a guide to get rid of spyware, bloatware, ads, auto-installed candycrush, and other anti-consumer jabs once I actually buy the thing (like I did with Windows 10 when it first released). And then fight every month or two when it inexplicably can't find the license for Office I pay monthly, for and locks me out of all of my documents.<p>With a Macbook, contrarily, I know I can actually research the silicon, figure out the specs, and actually get what I ordered / expected. I also know I won't have to fight the OS nearly as much, even if Apple has its own upsell attempts, anti-consumer warranty/repair problems, etc. I never would've expected to feel that way. Especially not 10-15 years ago.<p>But maybe Dell's rebrand helps them move back in that direction a little.<p>[0]: <a href="https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/scr/laptops" rel="nofollow">https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/scr/laptops</a><p>[1]: <a href="https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/cat/laptops" rel="nofollow">https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/cat/laptops</a><p>[2]: <a href="https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/mdp/hp-elitebook-ultra-3074457345617968668--1/hp-elitebook-ultra-3074457345617968669--1" rel="nofollow">https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/mdp/hp-elitebook-ultra-3074457...</a><p>[3]: <a href="https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/vwa/laptops/brand=ProBook" rel="nofollow">https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/vwa/laptops/brand=ProBook</a><p>[4]: <a href="https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/" rel="nofollow">https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/</a><p>[6]: <a href="https://www.asus.com/us/proart/laptops-home/" rel="nofollow">https://www.asus.com/us/proart/laptops-home/</a><p>[7]: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/explainers/what-is-microsoft-copilot" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcmag.com/explainers/what-is-microsoft-copilot</a>