Industry, Segment and Geographic Information - Revenue Trends and Property, Plant and Equipment by Geographic Region (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Nov. 03, 2012	Aug. 04, 2012	May 05, 2012	Feb. 04, 2012	Oct. 29, 2011	Jul. 30, 2011	Apr. 30, 2011	Feb. 04, 2011	Nov. 03, 2012	Oct. 29, 2011	Oct. 30, 2010
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 694,964	$ 683,026	$ 675,094	$ 648,058	$ 716,134	$ 757,902	$ 790,780	$ 728,504	$ 2,701,142	$ 2,993,320	$ 2,761,503
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]
United States, property, plant and equipment	194,937				187,013				194,937	187,013	188,776
Total property, plant and equipment	500,867				478,839				500,867	478,839	472,665
United States [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue									818,653	866,142	794,463
Rest of North and South America [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue									114,133	144,585	134,327
Europe [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue									852,668	967,417	816,561
Japan [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue									333,558	398,587	433,706
China [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue									341,196	360,594	320,739
Rest of Asia [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue									240,934	255,995	261,707
Subtotal all foreign countries [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue									1,882,489	2,127,178	1,967,040
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]
Subtotal all foreign countries, property plant and equipment	305,930				291,826				305,930	291,826	283,889
Irish [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]
Subtotal all foreign countries, property plant and equipment	127,669				128,660				127,669	128,660	139,165
Philippines [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]
Subtotal all foreign countries, property plant and equipment	164,727				149,098				164,727	149,098	131,963
All Other Countries [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]
Subtotal all foreign countries, property plant and equipment	$ 13,534				$ 14,068				$ 13,534	$ 14,068	$ 12,761