Where is the Dell XPS line going?

Well I am not a huge fan of Dell but we needed a new laptop for our business and have an account with Dell so I took a look. First thought was hey.. maybe I will get something interesting and do the hand me down trickle effect.. After looking over what had become of the XPS line I was a bit dissapointed with what I saw.

Dell seems to be veering away from game units with the XPS line and turning that part of the market over to their other company Alienware. Now personally I think it is hard for them to compete with Alienware's image and specs in the game market but they had made a big announcement after getting Alienware that they would not be killing off the XPS line.

Why do I think this.. Well the XPS 17" is offering the Nvidia 8800 as the best they have. Even Alienware who I thought was a bit slow to change over to the 9 series cards has them now. Also there will be no 64 bit OS for the Dell. and the FSB is not the current faster 1066 which many Big Box store machines even have now.

Seem to me that Dell has moved the XPS line into more of the stylish laptop line and low end game systems. I certainly hope that I am wrong and we see a new 17" XPS game unit but I would have thought that we would see this by now. Too bad as competition in this area is always good.