Cash includes currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. It also includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits in that the customer may deposit additional funds at any time and effectively may withdraw funds at any time without prior notice or penalty. Cash equivalents, excluding items classified as marketable securities, include short-term, highly liquid Investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash, and so near their maturity that they present minimal risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments with original maturities of three months or less qualify under that definition. Original maturity means original maturity to the entity holding the investment. For example, both a three-month US Treasury bill and a three-year Treasury note purchased three months from maturity qualify as cash equivalents. However, a Treasury note purchased three years ago does not become a cash equivalent when its remaining maturity is three months. Short-term investments, exclusive of cash equivalents, generally consist of marketable securities intended to be sold within one year (or the normal operating cycle if longer) and may include trading securities, available-for-sale securities, or held-to-maturity securities (if maturing within one year), as applicable.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Revolving Credit Facility (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Revolving Credit Facility (Details) (USD $)	Nov. 01, 2014	Nov. 03, 2012	May 31, 2008
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments	$ 2,900,000,000
Unsecured revolving credit facility, term in years	5 years
Unsecured revolving credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	500,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Terms	consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) of not greater than 3.0 to 1.0
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, amount outstanding	0
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	$ 856,500,000