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Other Balance Sheet Information | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 29, 2014
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Other Balance Sheet Information | (10) Other Balance Sheet Information
|  | March 29, 2014 |  |  | September 28, 2013 |
Inventories |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Raw materials |  | $ | 117,356 |  |  | $ | 115,575 |
Work-in-process |  |  | 59,635 |  |  |  | 51,171 |
Finished goods |  |  | 133,989 |  |  |  | 122,617 |
|  | $ | 310,980 |  |  | $ | 289,363 |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equipment and software |  | $ | 334,178 |  |  | $ | 318,473 |
Equipment under customer usage agreements |  |  | 282,177 |  |  |  | 275,696 |
Building and improvements |  |  | 173,930 |  |  |  | 171,469 |
Leasehold improvements |  |  | 62,734 |  |  |  | 68,159 |
Land |  |  | 51,662 |  |  |  | 51,633 |
Furniture and fixtures |  |  | 16,972 |  |  |  | 22,628 |
|  |  | 921,653 |  |  |  | 908,058 |
Less – accumulated depreciation and amortization |  |  | (449,499 | ) |  |  | (416,530 | )
|  | $ | 472,154 |  |  | $ | 491,528 |

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