Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 27, 2012	Apr. 29, 2011	Apr. 27, 2012	Apr. 29, 2011
Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 1,032,572	$ 992,729	$ 1,918,219	$ 1,835,133
Cost of sales	677,132	677,219	1,269,463	1,260,710
Gross profit	355,440	315,510	648,756	574,423
Research and development	29,442	30,059	56,335	57,883
Selling, general and administrative	195,330	185,935	371,038	353,636
Operating expenses	224,772	215,994	427,373	411,519
Income from operations	130,668	99,516	221,383	162,904
Interest expense	19,288	15,486	35,077	31,045
Other (income)/expense - net	366	(17)	(156)	547
Income before income taxes	111,014	84,047	186,462	131,312
Income taxes	34,474	27,739	54,140	41,577
Net income	$ 76,540	$ 56,308	$ 132,322	$ 89,735
Net income per common share - basic	$ 0.83	$ 0.60	$ 1.43	$ 0.94
Net income per common share - diluted	$ 0.80	$ 0.58	$ 1.39	$ 0.91
Average number of common shares outstanding
- basic	92,068,366	94,432,627	92,464,748	95,646,147
- diluted	95,094,369	97,497,045	95,342,549	98,570,609
Dividends paid per common share	$ 0.20	$ 0.18	$ 0.40	$ 0.36