UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 5 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). ( ) Form 3 Holdings Reported ( ) Form 4 Transactions Reported 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Thomas B. Green One Dell Way TX, Round Rock 78682-2244 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Dell Computer Corporation (DELL) 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year Fiscal Year 2001 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Senior Vice President, Law and Administration and Secretary 7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | |Transaction| or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | |Date |Code| | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | | | Amount | D | Price | End of Year |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock | | | | | |232365 1 |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock | | | | | |17468 |I |Employer 401(k) plan | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer |Date |Code| rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise Pr | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |ice of | | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity | | | Amount | |ble | | | |Year |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Nonqualified Stock Optio|$0.982 | | | | |2 |7/24/|Common Stock| | |204800 |D | | ns | | | | | | |05 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Nonqualified Stock Optio|$1.446 | | | | |3 |7/11/|Common Stock| | |384000 |D | | ns | | | | | | |06 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Nonqualified Stock Optio|$9.26 | | | | |4 |7/18/|Common Stock| | |240000 |D | | ns | | | | | | |07 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Nonqualified Stock Optio|$10.157 | | | | |5 |12/22|Common Stock| | |200000 |D | | ns | | | | | | |/07 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Nonqualified Stock Optio|$12.738 | | | | |2 |3/20/|Common Stock| | |174768 |D | | ns | | | | | | |08 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Nonqualified Stock Optio|$28.899 | | | | |6 |7/17/|Common Stock| | |86520 |D | | ns | | | | | | |08 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Nonqualified Stock Optio|$37.5938|8/22/|A |75000 |A |7 |8/22/|Common Stock|75000 |N/A |75000 |D | | n | | 2000| | | | |2010 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Nonqualified Stock Optio|$37.5938|8/22/|A |75000 |A |8 |8/22/|Common Stock|75000 |N/A |75000 |D | | ns | | 2000| | | | |2010 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Nonqualified Stock Optio|$30.43 | | | | |9 |3/26/|Common Stock| | |69228 |D | | ns | | | | | | |09 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Nnonqualified Stock Opti|$43.438 |3/2/ |A |265000 |A |10 |3/02/|Common Stock|265000 |N/A |265000 |D | | ons | |2000 | | | | |10 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Nonqualified Stock Optio|$45.90 |3/24/|A |29826 |A |11 |3/24/|Common Stock|29826 |N/A |29826 |D | | ns | | 2000| | | | |10 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Nonqualified Stock Optio|$44.6875| | | | |12 |9/23/|Common Stock| | |89510 |D | | ns | | | | | | |09 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: 1. Represents 5,165 shares held free of restrictions and 227,200 restricted shares scheduled to vest on 8/19/2001. 2. Currently exercisable. 3. Exercisable in accordance with the following schedule: 192,000 shares on 7/11 of each year from 2000 through 2001. 4. Exercisable in accordance with the following schedule: 48,000 shares on 7/18 of each year from 1998 through 2002. 5. Exercisable in accordance with the following schedule: 40,000 shares on 12/22 of each year from 1998 through 2002. 6. Exercisable in accordance with the following schedule: 17,304 shares on 7/17 of each year from 2002 through 2006. 7. Exercisable in accordance with the following schedule: 15,000 shares on 8/22 of each year from 2003 through 2007. 8. Exercisable in accordance with the following schedule: 15,000 shares on 8/22 of each year from 2001 through 2005. 9. Exercisiable according to the following schedule: 17,307 shares on 3/26/00 and 3/26/01, and 34,614 shares on 3/26/02. 10. Exercisable in accordance with the following schedule: 53,000 shares on 3/2 of each year from 2001 through 2005. 11. Exercisable in accordance with the following schedule: 7,456 on 3/24/2001, 7,457 shares on 3/24/2002 and 14,913 shares on 3/24/2003. 12. Exercisable according to the following schedule: 17,902 shares on 9/23 of each year from 2000 through 2004.