Warranty and Deferred Extended Warranty Revenue (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Aug. 02, 2013

Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]

Warranty And Deferred Extended Warranty Revenue

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	August 2, 2013			August 3, 2012			August 2, 2013			August 3, 2012
	(in millions)
Warranty liability:
Warranty liability at beginning of period	$	760		$	862		$	762		$	888
Costs accrued for new warranty contracts and changes in estimates for pre-existing warranties(a)(b)	256			250			498			533
Service obligations honored	(250		)	(272		)	(494		)	(581		)
Warranty liability at end of period	$	766		$	840		$	766		$	840
Current portion	$	490		$	538		$	490		$	538
Non-current portion	276			302			276			302
Warranty liability at end of period	$	766		$	840		$	766		$	840
	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	August 2, 2013			August 3, 2012(c)			August 2, 2013(c)			August 3, 2012(c)
	(in millions)
Deferred extended warranty revenue:
Deferred extended warranty revenue at beginning of period	$	6,982		$	7,044		$	7,048		$	7,002
Revenue deferred for new extended warranties(b)	1,035			1,027			1,994			2,033
Revenue recognized	(1,013		)	(974		)	(2,038		)	(1,938		)
Deferred extended warranty revenue at end of period	$	7,004		$	7,097		$	7,004		$	7,097
Current portion	$	3,336		$	3,344		$	3,336		$	3,344
Non-current portion	3,668			3,753			3,668			3,753
Deferred extended warranty revenue at end of period	$	7,004		$	7,097		$	7,004		$	7,097

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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 revised to conform to the current period presentation.