equill
Well-known member
We've had some recent discussions about 'dating' Macs from their so-called serial numbers, which are in fact little potted biographies rather than purely sequential numbers assigned at the end of the production line.
Characters 4 and 5, in the:
1) older Compact AIOs that began life in Beige livery, and included the model number in their 12-14 characters, and
2) newer Macs (as far as G3 iBooks, in my experience), with 11 characters,
refer to the 'week of production'. Does this mean:
1) full weeks' ends, reckoned from Jan 1? or
2) working weeks' ends, be those Fridays or Saturdays or some other arbitrarily-chosen day?
It is noticeable that Apple is never more specific than month and year of production, if even that specific, on the barcode label.
de
Characters 4 and 5, in the:
1) older Compact AIOs that began life in Beige livery, and included the model number in their 12-14 characters, and
2) newer Macs (as far as G3 iBooks, in my experience), with 11 characters,
refer to the 'week of production'. Does this mean:
1) full weeks' ends, reckoned from Jan 1? or
2) working weeks' ends, be those Fridays or Saturdays or some other arbitrarily-chosen day?
It is noticeable that Apple is never more specific than month and year of production, if even that specific, on the barcode label.
de
