Warranty and Deferred Extended Warranty Revenue (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Feb. 03, 2012

Extended Product Warranty Disclosure [Abstract]

Warranty And Deferred Extended Warranty Revenue

	Fiscal Year Ended
	February 3, 2012			January 28, 2011			January 29, 2010
	(in millions)
Warranty liability:
Warranty liability at beginning of period	$	895		$	912		$	1,035
Costs accrued for new warranty contracts and changes in estimates for pre-existing warranties(a)(b)	1,025			1,046			987
Service obligations honored	(1,032		)	(1,063		)	(1,110		)
Warranty liability at end of period	$	888		$	895		$	912
Current portion	$	572		$	575		$	593
Non-current portion	316			320			319
Warranty liability at end of period	$	888		$	895		$	912
	Fiscal Year Ended
	February 3, 2012			January 28, 2011			January 29, 2010
	(in millions)
Deferred extended warranty revenue:
Deferred extended warranty revenue at beginning of period	$	6,416		$	5,910		$	5,587
Revenue deferred for new extended warranties(b)	4,301			3,877			3,481
Revenue recognized	(3,715		)	(3,371		)	(3,158		)
Deferred extended warranty revenue at end of period	$	7,002		$	6,416		$	5,910
Current portion	$	3,265		$	2,959		$	2,906
Non-current portion	3,737			3,457			3,004
Deferred extended warranty revenue at end of period	$	7,002		$	6,416		$	5,910

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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.