Warranty and Deferred Extended Warranty Revenue (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Feb. 01, 2013

Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]

Warranty And Deferred Extended Warranty Revenue

	Fiscal Year Ended
	February 1, 2013			February 3, 2012			January 28, 2011
	(in millions)
Warranty liability:
Warranty liability at beginning of period	$	888		$	895		$	912
Costs accrued for new warranty contracts and changes in estimates for pre-existing warranties(a)(b)	992			1,025			1,046
Service obligations honored	(1,118		)	(1,032		)	(1,063		)
Warranty liability at end of period	$	762		$	888		$	895
Current portion	$	492		$	572		$	575
Non-current portion	270			316			320
Warranty liability at end of period	$	762		$	888		$	895
	Fiscal Year Ended
	February 1, 2013			February 3, 2012			January 28, 2011
	(in millions)
Deferred extended warranty revenue:
Deferred extended warranty revenue at beginning of period	$	7,002		$	6,416		$	5,910
Revenue deferred for new extended warranties(b)	4,130			4,301			3,877
Revenue recognized	(4,029		)	(3,715		)	(3,371		)
Deferred extended warranty revenue at end of period	$	7,103		$	7,002		$	6,416
Current portion	$	3,400		$	3,265		$	2,959
Non-current portion	3,703			3,737			3,457
Deferred extended warranty revenue at end of period	$	7,103		$	7,002		$	6,416

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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.