Leases - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Nov. 02, 2025	Nov. 03, 2024	Nov. 02, 2025	Nov. 03, 2024
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessor arrangement, term of contract			7 years
Non-cancelable lease payments receivable, net			$ 258.6
Sales-type lease, revenue	$ 27.9		27.9	$ 15.2
Sales-type lease, selling profit	23.6		23.6	11.4
Subscription and non-lease components of service revenue	$ 7.5	$ 2.7	$ 19.5	$ 4.8
Minimum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Finance lease, term	3 years		3 years
Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Finance lease, term	5 years		5 years

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Lessor Arrangement, Term of Contract

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Term of lessee's finance lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of sales-type lease revenue.

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Amount of profit (loss) recognized at commencement from sales-type lease.

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