[2][3] Alienware maintained its autonomy in terms of design and marketing, but access to Dell's supply chain management, purchasing power, and economies of scale lowered its operating costs.

All systems are introduced with sixth-generation (Skylake) i5 and i7 CPUs, at least 8 GiB[14] of DDR4 memory, and are designed with an easy-to-open chassis for simple expandability One of the main differences from the 8900 is that now the M.2 connector supports four PCI-E lanes instead of one.

The former flagship model of the XPS series features an Intel dual-core Pentium D 950 processor, dual Nvidia GeForce 7900GTX in SLI mode, 7200 RPM SATA hard drive, and dual-channel DDR2 RAM.

The 630 features a Dell-modified Nvidia NForce 650i chipset that supports both SLI and CrossFire configurations, but lacks ESA certification (the only ESA-certified component in the 630i is Dell's "Master Input/Output" (or "MIO") printed circuit board).

Targeted at the gaming community, this model featured the Intel Pentium D Extreme processors in speeds up to 3.7 GHz with dual NV GeForce 7900 GTX in SLI mode, a 7200RPM SATA hard drive and dual-channel DDR2 RAM.

The H2C edition computer has included a dual-stage radiator cooling technology, and a motherboard capable of overclocking its quad-core Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800.

Dell returned to develop their XPS performance line in 2010, releasing three new laptops in October of that year, which had many new features and improved specifications compared to previous models.

These included JBL speakers with Waves MaxxAudio 3 technology, integrated 3D graphics, the first-ever Skype certification for video chat, and Intel i5 and i7 processors.

[39] The device, released in 2013, features a 13.3" LED-backlit touchscreen display boasting a resolution of 1920×1080, reinforced with Corning Gorilla Glass for enhanced durability.

Memory options include 4 or 8 GiB of Dual Channel DDR3 1600 MHz RAM, with storage capacities of 128 or 256 GB mSATA SSD available.

Despite its array of features, it is pertinent to note that Dell has not remedied a recurring issue with this generation, characterized by a persistent high-pitched noise emanating from the keyboard area to the right.

The XPS 13 (9300), like the 2-in-1 7390 updates to the new 10th generation 10 nm Intel Ice Lake processors up to an i7-1065G7, features a new 13.4" inch screen with an aspect ratio of 16:10 and a front-facing webcam supporting Windows Hello facial recognition.

While similar to the 9310, the 9305 includes an additional USB-C port (3 in total) and utilizes an earlier generation chassis (XPS 13 9370) with a narrower keyboard (2019 era).

This redesign features 12th Gen Alder Lake-P Intel Core processors at 28W TDP, a larger 55-watt hour 3-cell battery, and an OLED screen.

The high-end edition is mostly the same as the mid-range model but replaces the HDD with a 512 GB mSATA SSD and adds a larger 91 Wh battery in place of the 2.5" drive.

This model suffered from many thermal issues at high workloads - primarily due to inadequate cooling of the VRMs - causing the computer to throttle power and limit the CPU to only 800mHz until temperatures dropped.

Users could mitigate this by using laptop cooling pads along with undervolting, or using 3rd party tools such as Throttlestop to bypass CPU and power throttling limitations entirely.

GPU and storage options haven't changed, so users can still configure with PCIe4 x4 SSDs or up to GeForce RTX 3050 Ti graphics if desired.

This model comes with thinner bezels and new thermal designs, It also offers Intel's 10th Generation Core i9 45 W processors, 64 GiB of RAM, and 2 TB of storage.

Dell became aware that the problem was limited to NVIDIA chip production, the BIOS was updated to A12 which improves thermal control but does not prevent it from reoccurring.

Dell became aware of the problem and found that it was limited to NVIDIA chip production G84- and G86-GPU's, as a result, the BIOS was updated to A12, which improves thermal control but does not prevent it from reoccurring.

[citation needed] Also, there have been several cases reported involving M1330 laptops to be cosmetically defective in manufacture, such as loose hinge covers and unusually uneven gaps between plastic parts, as well as customer complaints concerning "CPU whine".

[citation needed] Similar to the Studio XPS 16 but trimmed down into a 13.3-inch 720p 16:10 aspect ratio screen, it has an illuminated QWERTY keyboard and includes leather accents on the lid.

When configured with the 9500M GE you can switch between the 9400M G running standalone and the 9400M G with the 9200M GS in Windows Vista, without logging out and back in like you must with Apple products due to the availability of Hybrid SLI.

It was praised for the high-quality sound system which included 8 separate ¾" speakers below the screen and a 1¾" subwoofer on the bottom of the machine, ported to the right-hand side.

The base design featured an Intel Core Duo processor, NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS or 7900 GTX, 7200 RPM SATA hard drive, DDR2 SDRAM, a magnesium alloy case including a 1-inch subwoofer complementing the two treble heavy stereo speakers.

User configurable multicolor LED lighting was present in the touchpad, fans, speakers and lid with the ability to have them change color/intensity via Dell QuickSet software or via QuickSet plugins to music with bass giving more red-shifted changes and treble more blue-shifted (an SDK developer kit for custom dynamic link libraries could be obtained for integration to many system processes and even games).

This was because it was offered with either a 3.4 GHz desktop Pentium 4 HT "Prescott" processor, or the "Gallatin" Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processor at the same clock speed, which gave off tremendous amounts of heat due to their high clock speeds and inefficient microarchitecture, despite a very large copper-based heatsink that spanned the width of the unit with three fans.

A popular[citation needed] modification to the GPU was to bridge two traces in the top right corner of the PCB surrounding the exposed core with a conductive pen to unlock these pipelines.

Most notably, the machine was the first commercially available system to feature a Quad-SLI configuration, with four custom NVIDIA GeForce 7900GTX graphics cards with 512 MiB of memory.