Revolving Credit Facility (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 03, 2012	May 31, 2008
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments	$ 3,900,400,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Unsecured revolving credit facility, term in years	5 years
Unsecured revolving credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity		165,000,000
Unsecured revolving credit facility, description of variable rate basis	LIBOR
Unsecured revolving credit facility, amount outstanding	0
Unsecured revolving credit facility, covenant terms	maintain a minimum interest coverage ratio and not exceed a maximum leverage ratio
Unsecured revolving credit facility, covenant compliance	compliant with these covenants
United States [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments	$ 1,105,800,000