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Apple Readying New Serial Numbers?

Well, I guess with the transisiton to Intel and so forth, this makes sense.

It would also be nice if Apple was doing this in preparation for the new video iPods... ;) :cool:
 
~Shard~ said:
Well, I guess with the transisiton to Intel and so forth, this makes sense.

It would also be nice if Apple was doing this in preparation for the new video iPods... ;) :cool:
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i was thinking the same thing.....new iPods :cool:
 
I've always wondered why their serial numbers were 11 characters instead of something longer like 15, 16, or 17 characters. Now 18, I would have never imagined. Way to go Apple!!
 
This is really exciting!

I would like to see some benchmarks of Apple's newest serial numbers against serial numbers from Dell, HP and Microsoft. Is Apple ahead of the pack once again?
 
nagromme said:
I would like to see some benchmarks of Apple's newest serial numbers against serial numbers from Dell, HP and Microsoft. Is Apple ahead of the pack once again?
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It depends if you're running the serial numbers using Rosetta or if they're UBs... :cool:
 
10.6% Growth

Well, this means Apple expects to grow by 10.6%!!!!!

18^10 = 1.106 * 36^11

A little disappointing, but any growth is good :)


It may also mean the end of the miniaturization -- there's no room for 18 digits on a Nano, but a large-screen video iPod would of course accommodate some serial sprawl.
 
Macrumors said:
Under the new format, all "finished goods" such as Macs, iPods and accessories, will be stamped with a serial number consisting of 18 numeric digits. Presently, Apple uses an 11-character alphanumeric scheme.
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I guess this means no iPod Invisa :( kidding!!
 
Whistleway said:
Would you post if Apple sneezed too?
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Probably, actually - I've never heard of a corporate entity being able to replicate human functions, so this would definitely be big news in my books! :D
 
sososowhat said:
Well, this means Apple expects to grow by 10.6%!!!!!

18^10 = 1.106 * 36^11

A little disappointing, but any growth is good :)


It may also mean the end of the miniaturization -- there's no room for 18 digits on a Nano, but a large-screen video iPod would of course accommodate some serial sprawl.
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Actually, it's 10^18 vs 36^11, so it's over a 7-fold increase.

Now, we have the option of over 100 million Apple products for each person on Earth. To me, this strongly implies that the Nano will, in fact, truly become a nano-pod, capable of one song per 'pod, and that we'll purchase one for each song we want to store, and that they'll self-assemble into an iPod of corresponding size and resolution. 240 songs (240 nanopods) will get you something with the storage capacity of a 1GB Shuffle but will be smaller than a grain of sand. Clearly, a BT headset will be required, as there would be no room for a headphone plug. 240 million songs would be about the size of a current iPod, but with much more storage and, since each nanopod could display one color at any given time, vastly improved resolution.

However, the small size will make individual serial numbers very hard to read for registration purposes, which is why we'll soon see the iScanningElectronMicroscope (or maybe it'll be called the iWickedGoodSight).
 
jsw said:
Actually, it's 10^18 vs 36^11, so it's over a 7-fold increase.

Now, we have the option of over 100 million Apple products for each person on Earth. To me, this strongly implies that the Nano will, in fact, truly become a nano-pod, capable of one song per 'pod, and that we'll purchase one for each song we want to store, and that they'll self-assemble into an iPod of corresponding size and resolution. 240 songs (240 nanopods)
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Reminds me of the iFlea parody video
 
I'm glad I will no longer have to wonder if that round character in my serial number is an "oh" or a "zero".
 
would they release new ibooks with the old serial number scheme and then update them just a couple of weeks later? Or does this maybe mean the new ibooks won't roll out until next month sometime :(

I guess they probably wouldn't wait on releasing a new product because of serial number formatting.
 
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