Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 27, 2012	Jul. 29, 2011	Jul. 27, 2012	Jul. 29, 2011
Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 1,078,348	$ 1,070,482	$ 2,996,567	$ 2,905,615
Cost of sales	714,398	746,145	1,983,861	2,006,855
Gross profit	363,950	324,337	1,012,706	898,760
Research and development	29,703	30,049	86,038	87,932
Selling, general and administrative	191,877	183,596	562,915	537,232
Operating expenses	221,580	213,645	648,953	625,164
Income from operations	142,370	110,692	363,753	273,596
Interest expense	16,482	15,801	51,559	46,846
Other (income)/expense - net	(1,056)	552	(1,212)	1,099
Income before income taxes	126,944	94,339	313,406	225,651
Income taxes	40,538	26,952	94,678	68,529
Net income	$ 86,406	$ 67,387	$ 218,728	$ 157,122
Net income per common share - basic	$ 0.95	$ 0.72	$ 2.38	$ 1.66
Net income per common share - diluted	$ 0.92	$ 0.70	$ 2.31	$ 1.61
Average number of common shares outstanding
- basic	90,601,291	93,063,614	91,843,596	94,788,124
- diluted	93,573,205	95,851,211	94,775,436	97,670,507
Dividends paid per common share	$ 0.20	$ 0.18	$ 0.60	$ 0.54