[1] The Inspiron range mainly competes against Acer's Aspire; Asus's Transformer Book Flip, VivoBook and Zenbook; HP's Pavilion, Stream, and ENVY; Lenovo's IdeaPad; Samsung's Sens; and Toshiba's Satellite.

[citation needed] In January 2025, Dell announced its intentions to retire the Inspiron brand (along with the XPS and Latitude lines) in favor of a singular brand that emphasizes the "Dell" name as part of the company's preparation for their next-generation AI PCs.

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.

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.