Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2014
Net revenue:
Products	$ 16,760	$ 18,190	$ 51,940	$ 54,712
Services	8,500	9,295	25,428	28,030
Financing income	89	100	273	306
Total net revenue	25,349	27,585	77,641	83,048
Costs and expenses:
Cost of products	12,890	13,913	40,035	41,902
Cost of services	6,369	6,991	19,016	21,301
Financing interest	58	70	182	211
Research and development	893	887	2,568	2,571
Selling, general and administrative	2,962	3,388	9,096	9,989
Amortization of intangible assets	242	227	685	774
Restructuring charges	25	649	426	1,015
Acquisition-related charges	47	2	70	8
Separation costs	401		750
Defined benefit plan settlement charges	114		114
Impairment of data center assets	136		136
Total operating expenses	24,137	26,127	73,078	77,771
Earnings from operations	1,212	1,458	4,563	5,277
Interest and other, net	(108)	(145)	(421)	(482)
Earnings before taxes	1,104	1,313	4,142	4,795
Provision for taxes	(250)	(328)	(911)	(1,112)
Net earnings	$ 854	$ 985	$ 3,231	$ 3,683
Net earnings per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.47	$ 0.53	$ 1.78	$ 1.95
Diluted (in dollars per share)	0.47	0.52	1.75	1.93
Cash dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.35	$ 0.32	$ 0.67	$ 0.61
Weighted-average shares used to compute net earnings per share:
Basic (in shares)	1,805	1,870	1,817	1,889
Diluted (in shares)	1,828	1,899	1,842	1,913