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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Tu Lawrence   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol DELL INC [DELL] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Senior Vice President (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE DELL WAY 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/02/2011 (Street) ROUND ROCK, TX 78682 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 03/02/2011   A   8,895 (1) A $ 0 262,813 D   Common Stock 03/02/2011   A   11,125 (2) A $ 0 273,938 D   Common Stock 03/02/2011   A   8,175 (3) A $ 0 282,113 (4) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Nonqualified Stock Options

$ 15.44

03/02/2011

A

323,476

(5)

03/02/2021

Common Stock

323,476

$ 0

323,476

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Tu Lawrence ONE DELL WAY ROUND ROCK, TX 78682			Senior Vice President

Signatures

Janet B. Wright, Attorney-in-Fact		03/04/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents RSUs earned pursuant to performance based units granted in March 2008. Entire grant vests on March 4, 2011.
(2)	Represents RSUs earned pursuant to performance based units granted in March 2009. Entire grant vests on March 5, 2012.
(3)	Represents RSUs earned pursuant to performance based units granted in March 2010. Entire grant vests on March 26, 2013.
(4)	Represents 23,156 unrestricted shares and 258,957 restricted stock units vesting as follows: 7,500 units on 8/10 of 2011 through 2014, 73,206 units on 3/4/11, 91,538 units on 3/5/12 and 64,213 units on 3/26/2013.
(5)	Nonqualified stock options vesting as follows: 109,982 shares on 3/2/12 and 106,747 shares on 3/2 of 2013 and 2014.

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