Warranty and Deferred Extended Warranty Revenue (Tables)

3 Months Ended

May 04, 2012

Extended Product Warranty Disclosure [Abstract]

Warranty And Deferred Extended Warranty Revenue

	Three Months Ended
	May 4, 2012			April 29, 2011
	(in millions)
Warranty liability:
Warranty liability at beginning of period	$	888		$	895
Costs accrued for new warranty contracts and changes in estimates for pre-existing warranties(a)(b)	283			293
Service obligations honored	(309		)	(257		)
Warranty liability at end of period	$	862		$	931
Current portion	$	558		$	620
Non-current portion	304			311
Warranty liability at end of period	$	862		$	931
	Three Months Ended
	May 4, 2012			April 29, 2011
	(in millions)
Deferred extended warranty revenue:
Deferred extended warranty revenue at beginning of period	$	7,002		$	6,416
Revenue deferred for new extended warranties(b)	1,006			1,068
Revenue recognized	(964		)	(895		)
Deferred extended warranty revenue at end of period	$	7,044		$	6,589
Current portion	$	3,308		$	3,060
Non-current portion	3,736			3,529
Deferred extended warranty revenue at end of period	$	7,044		$	6,589

____________________

^(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.