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. 02, 2013	Aug. 03, 2013	May 04, 2013	Feb. 02, 2013	Nov. 03, 2012	Aug. 04, 2012	May 05, 2012	Feb. 04, 2012	Nov. 02, 2013	Nov. 03, 2012	Oct. 29, 2011
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 678,133	$ 674,172	$ 659,250	$ 622,134	$ 694,964	$ 683,026	$ 675,094	$ 648,058	$ 2,633,689	$ 2,701,142	$ 2,993,320
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]
United States, property, plant and equipment	201,957				194,937				201,957	194,937	187,013
Total property, plant and equipment	508,171				500,867				508,171	500,867	478,839
United States [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue									821,269	818,653	866,142
Rest of North and South America [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue									99,215	114,133	144,585
Europe [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue									840,585	852,668	967,417
Japan [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue									292,804	333,558	398,587
China [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue									349,575	341,196	360,594
Rest of Asia [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue									230,241	240,934	255,995
Subtotal all foreign countries [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue									1,812,420	1,882,489	2,127,178
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]
United States, property, plant and equipment	306,214				305,930				306,214	305,930	291,826
Irish [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]
United States, property, plant and equipment	124,227				127,669				124,227	127,669	128,660
Philippines [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]
United States, property, plant and equipment	165,815				164,727				165,815	164,727	149,098
All Other Countries [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]
United States, property, plant and equipment	$ 16,172				$ 13,534				$ 16,172	$ 13,534	$ 14,068