Financial Servies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Feb. 01, 2013

Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross, Allowance, and Net [Abstract]

Company Financing Receivable

	February 1, 2013									February 3, 2012
	Revolving			Fixed-term			Total			Revolving			Fixed-term			Total
	(in millions)
Financing Receivables, net:
Customer receivables, gross	$	1,834		$	2,535		$	4,369		$	2,096		$	2,443		$	4,539
Allowances for losses	(169		)	(23		)	(192		)	(179		)	(23		)	(202		)
Customer receivables, net	1,665			2,512			4,177			1,917			2,420			4,337
Residual interest	—			385			385			—			362			362
Financing receivables, net	$	1,665		$	2,897		$	4,562		$	1,917		$	2,782		$	4,699
Short-term	$	1,665		$	1,548		$	3,213		$	1,917		$	1,410		$	3,327
Long-term	—			1,349			1,349			—			1,372			1,372
Financing receivables, net	$	1,665		$	2,897		$	4,562		$	1,917		$	2,782		$	4,699

Allowance For Financing Receivables Losses

	Fiscal Year Ended
	February 1, 2013									February 3, 2012									January 28, 2011
	Revolving			Fixed- term			Total			Revolving			Fixed- term			Total			Revolving			Fixed- term			Total
	(in millions)
Allowance for financing receivable losses:
Balance at beginning of period	$	179		$	23		$	202		$	214		$	27		$	241		$	224		$	13		$	237
Incremental allowance due to VIE consolidation	—			—			—			—			—			—			—			16			16
Principal charge-offs	(179		)	(18		)	(197		)	(204		)	(9		)	(213		)	(233		)	(18		)	(251		)
Interest charge-offs	(34		)	—			(34		)	(38		)	—			(38		)	(46		)	—			(46		)
Recoveries	59			4			63			64			4			68			27			—			27
Provision charged to income statement	144			14			158			143			1			144			242			16			258
Balance at end of period	$	169		$	23		$	192		$	179		$	23		$	202		$	214		$	27		$	241

Financing Receivables Aging

	February 1, 2013								February 3, 2012
	Current		Past Due 1 — 90 Days		Past Due > 90 Days		Total		Current		Past Due 1 — 90 Days		Past Due > 90 Days		Total
	(in millions)
Revolving — DPA	$	1,322	$	163	$	54	$	1,539	$	1,521	$	195	$	67	$	1,783
Revolving — DBC	264		25		6		295		272		33		8		313
Fixed term — Consumer and Small Commercial	310		16		1		327		324		18		5		347
Fixed-term — Medium and Large Commercial	2,015		172		21		2,208		1,946		136		14		2,096
Total customer receivables, gross	$	3,911	$	376	$	82	$	4,369	$	4,063	$	382	$	94	$	4,539

Customer Receivable by Credit Quality Indicator

	February 1, 2013								February 3, 2012
	Investment		Non-Investment		Sub-Standard		Total		Investment		Non-Investment		Sub-Standard		Total
	(in millions)
Fixed-term — Medium and Large Commercial	$	1,355	$	582	$	271	$	2,208	$	1,504	$	363	$	229	$	2,096

	February 1, 2013								February 3, 2012
	Higher		Mid		Lower		Total		Higher		Mid		Lower		Total
	(in millions)
Revolving — DBC	$	99	$	88	$	108	$	295	$	111	$	98	$	104	$	313
Fixed-term — Consumer and Small Commercial (a)	$	90	$	117	$	120	$	327	$	97	$	120	$	130	$	347

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^(a) During the first quarter of Fiscal 2013, Dell re-defined its internal scoring categorization for its small commercial fixed-term customers. In connection with this change, Dell has re-categorized existing customers and has recast prior period credit quality categories for these customers to conform to the current year's classification. This change had no impact on Dell's allowance for loss rates.

	February 1, 2013								February 3, 2012
	Higher		Mid		Lower		Total		Higher		Mid		Lower		Total
	(in millions)
Revolving — DPA	$	201	$	435	$	903	$	1,539	$	248	$	492	$	1,043	$	1,783

Customer Receivables Included In Consolidated Vies Net

	February 1, 2013		February 3, 2012
	(in millions)
Financing receivables held by consolidated VIEs, net:
Short-term, net	$	1,089	$	1,096
Long-term, net	386		429
Financing receivables held by consolidated VIEs, net	$	1,475	$	1,525