Financial Services (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Aug. 03, 2012

Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross, Allowance, and Net [Abstract]

Company Financing Receivable

	August 3, 2012									February 3, 2012
	Revolving			Fixed-term			Total			Revolving			Fixed-term			Total
	(in millions)
Financing Receivables, net:
Customer receivables, gross	$	1,869		$	2,461		$	4,330		$	2,096		$	2,443		$	4,539
Allowances for losses	(168		)	(21		)	(189		)	(179		)	(23		)	(202		)
Customer receivables, net	1,701			2,440			4,141			1,917			2,420			4,337
Residual interest	—			377			377			—			362			362
Financing receivables, net	$	1,701		$	2,817		$	4,518		$	1,917		$	2,782		$	4,699
Short-term	$	1,701		$	1,473		$	3,174		$	1,917		$	1,410		$	3,327
Long-term	—			1,344			1,344			—			1,372			1,372
Financing receivables, net	$	1,701		$	2,817		$	4,518		$	1,917		$	2,782		$	4,699

Allowance For Financing Receivables Losses

	Three Months Ended
	August 3, 2012									July 29, 2011
	Revolving			Fixed- term			Total			Revolving			Fixed- term			Total
	(in millions)
Allowance for financing receivable losses:
Balance at beginning of period	$	169		$	23		$	192		$	191		$	26		$	217
Principal charge-offs	(42		)	(5		)	(47		)	(49		)	(2		)	(51		)
Interest charge-offs	(8		)	—			(8		)	(9		)	—			(9		)
Recoveries	22			1			23			11			1			12
Provision charged to income statement	27			2			29			45			(4		)	41
Balance at end of period	$	168		$	21		$	189		$	189		$	21		$	210

	Six Months Ended
	August 3, 2012									July 29, 2011
	Revolving			Fixed- term			Total			Revolving			Fixed- term			Total
	(in millions)
Allowance for financing receivable losses:
Balance at beginning of period	$	179		$	23		$	202		$	214		$	27		$	241
Principal charge-offs	(91		)	(7		)	(98		)	(107		)	(4		)	(111		)
Interest charge-offs	(17		)	—			(17		)	(20		)	—			(20		)
Recoveries	34			2			36			30			2			32
Provision charged to income statement	63			3			66			72			(4		)	68
Balance at end of period	$	168		$	21		$	189		$	189		$	21		$	210

Financing Receivables Aging

	August 3, 2012								February 3, 2012
	Current		Past Due 1 — 90 Days		Past Due > 90 Days		Total		Current		Past Due 1 — 90 Days		Past Due > 90 Days		Total
	(in millions)
Revolving — DPA
Owned since inception	$	1,152	$	138	$	39	$	1,329	$	1,249	$	148	$	49	$	1,446
Purchased	205		35		10		250		272		47		18		337
Fixed-term — Non-Commercial
Owned since inception	41		2		—		43		29		1		—		30
Purchased	43		3		—		46		61		5		1		67
Revolving — DBC	255		29		6		290		272		33		8		313
Fixed-term — Small Commercial	249		9		2		260		234		12		4		250
Fixed-term — Medium and Large Commercial	1,988		116		8		2,112		1,946		136		14		2,096
Total customer receivables, gross	$	3,933	$	332	$	65	$	4,330	$	4,063	$	382	$	94	$	4,539

Accretable Yield Activity

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	August 3, 2012			July 29, 2011			August 3, 2012			July 29, 2011
	(in millions)
Accretable Yield:
Balance at beginning of period	$	122		$	151		$	142		$	137
Accretion	(19		)	(23		)	(39		)	(44		)
Prospective yield adjustment	10			24			10			59
Balance at end of period	$	113		$	152		$	113		$	152

Customer Receivable by Credit Quality Indicator

	August 3, 2012								February 3, 2012
	Higher		Mid		Lower		Total		Higher		Mid		Lower		Total
	(in millions)
Revolving — DPA
Owned since inception	$	191	$	385	$	753	$	1,329	$	220	$	412	$	814	$	1,446
Purchased	$	21	$	63	$	166	$	250	$	28	$	80	$	229	$	337
Fixed-term — Non-Commercial
Owned since inception	$	3	$	21	$	19	$	43	$	2	$	14	$	14	$	30
Purchased	$	3	$	23	$	20	$	46	$	4	$	32	$	31	$	67

	August 3, 2012								February 3, 2012
	Investment		Non-Investment		Sub-Standard		Total		Investment		Non-Investment		Sub-Standard		Total
	(in millions)
Fixed-term — Medium and Large Commercial	$	1,336	$	540	$	236	$	2,112	$	1,504	$	363	$	229	$	2,096

	August 3, 2012								February 3, 2012
	Higher		Mid		Lower		Total		Higher		Mid		Lower		Total
	(in millions)
Revolving — DBC	$	99	$	89	$	102	$	290	$	111	$	98	$	104	$	313
Fixed-term — Small Commercial(a)	$	100	$	75	$	85	$	260	$	91	$	74	$	85	$	250

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^(a) During the first quarter of Fiscal 2013, Dell re-defined its internal scoring categorization for its small Commercial fixed-term customers. In connection with this change, Dell has re-categorized existing customers and has recast prior period credit quality categories for these customers to conform to the current year's classification.  This change had no impact on Dell's allowance for loss rates

Customer Receivables Included In Consolidated Vies Net

	August 3, 2012		February 3, 2012
	(in millions)
Financing receivables held by consolidated VIEs, net:
Short-term, net	$	1,123	$	1,096
Long-term, net	475		429
Financing receivables held by consolidated VIEs, net	$	1,598	$	1,525