Warranty and Deferred Extended Warranty Revenue (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Nov. 02, 2012

Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]

Warranty And Deferred Extended Warranty Revenue

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	November 2, 2012			October 28, 2011			November 2, 2012			October 28, 2011
	(in millions)
Warranty liability:
Warranty liability at beginning of period	$	840		$	944		$	888		$	895
Costs accrued for new warranty contracts and changes in estimates for pre-existing warranties(a)(b)	256			223			789			779
Service obligations honored	(270		)	(252		)	(851		)	(759		)
Warranty liability at end of period	$	826		$	915		$	826		$	915
Current portion	$	525		$	588		$	525		$	588
Non-current portion	301			327			301			327
Warranty liability at end of period	$	826		$	915		$	826		$	915
	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	November 2, 2012			October 28, 2011			November 2, 2012			October 28, 2011
	(in millions)
Deferred extended warranty revenue:
Deferred extended warranty revenue at beginning of period	$	7,198		$	6,794		$	7,002		$	6,416
Revenue deferred for new extended warranties(b)	953			1,004			3,087			3,192
Revenue recognized	(978		)	(936		)	(2,916		)	(2,746		)
Deferred extended warranty revenue at end of period	$	7,173		$	6,862		$	7,173		$	6,862
Current portion	$	3,421		$	3,212		$	3,421		$	3,212
Non-current portion	3,752			3,650			3,752			3,650
Deferred extended warranty revenue at end of period	$	7,173		$	6,862		$	7,173		$	6,862

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^(a)  Changes in cost estimates related to pre-existing warranties are aggregated with accruals for new standard warranty contracts. Dell's warranty liability process does not differentiate between estimates made for pre-existing warranties and new warranty obligations.

^(b)  Includes the impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.