On 21/09/2010, at 9:12 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: > > On 21/09/2010, at 8:40 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Sorry Peter, >> >> I just re-read your email properly instead of skimming it ;-( >> The first numerical character indicates the last digit of the year of >> production, which in my Serial Number is the 2nd digit. >> C02CKxxxxxxx. >> Its first two letters determine its place of manufacture for example, so the >> C indicates it was made in China, the 0 (zero) indicates the year was 2010. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni > > Hmm... My iMac's S/N starts with W8742XXXXXX. > http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com/Desktop/index.php says this means the > computer was also manufactured in China (W, not C) and that its YOM was > indeed 2007 (3rd digit). The 42 indicates that it was manufactured in the > 42nd week of the year. > > <http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/how-to-decipher-understand-apple-mac-serial-number-format.html> > gives a much more detailed description of the structure of the Apple Serial > Number, and shows that the manufacturing location is represented by the first > two digits, so that in my case W8 actually represents Shanghai, China. The > third digit does indeed represent the final of the YOM. > > Interestingly, the site also shows that there are any of seven possible > manufacturing location codes that can represent China.
Sorry Peter, I have not been ignoring you, just a bit busy today :-) Hmm … is correct … The http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com/Desktop/index.php doesn't have a clue where my MBP was built. I know it was a 'Built To Order' in Shanghai, China :-) Apple Serial Number Info give this info on my MBP's Serial Number. "Model: - MacBook Pro (17-inch Mid 2010) (CTO) Codename: - ? Build Country: - We have no clue where your Mac was built. Build Year: - Your Mac was built in 2010. Build Week - - Production Nr.: - Your Mac was number 1140 to be built that week." The <http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/how-to-decipher-understand-apple-mac-serial-number-format.html> doesn't have Serial Number "Snippets" for my MBP (which is the latest MacBook Pro released). "Please also note that EveryMac.com does not have all Serial Number "Snippets" documented, but many more are forthcoming" Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
