Warranty and Deferred Extended Warranty Revenue (Tables)

3 Months Ended

May 03, 2013

Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]

Warranty And Deferred Extended Warranty Revenue

	Three Months Ended
	May 3, 2013			May 4, 2012
	(in millions)
Warranty liability:
Warranty liability at beginning of period	$	762		$	888
Costs accrued for new warranty contracts and changes in estimates for pre-existing warranties(a)(b)	242			283
Service obligations honored	(244		)	(309		)
Warranty liability at end of period	$	760		$	862
Current portion	$	490		$	558
Non-current portion	270			304
Warranty liability at end of period	$	760		$	862
	Three Months Ended
	May 3, 2013(c)			May 4, 2012
	(in millions)
Deferred extended warranty revenue:
Deferred extended warranty revenue at beginning of period	$	7,048		$	7,002
Revenue deferred for new extended warranties(b)	959			1,006
Revenue recognized	(1,025		)	(964		)
Deferred extended warranty revenue at end of period	$	6,982		$	7,044
Current portion	$	3,337		$	3,308
Non-current portion	3,645			3,736
Deferred extended warranty revenue at end of period	$	6,982		$	7,044

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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.

^(c)  Prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.