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Apple Readying New Serial Numbers?
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Photorun said:
Well, if I had read the entire thread first I could have chuckled at the same time.
I wonder if he new serial numbering scheme will make Safari feel "Snapier".
nagromme said:
It's only a matter of time before Dell, HP or Microsoft respond with a new and improved 'serial killer'..
sorry!
jsw said:
Well it isn't really that either, as each position is not part of a unique serialization. In the current 11-character format, the first two positions are the manufacturing facility code, the third is a digit and provides the year of manufacture, the 4th and 5th specify the week of that year in which it was manufactured, 6th thru 8th are unique within the realm of the first 5, and the final three characters denote the model, and the configuration within that model. Without ever seeing the physical machine, one serial number might tell you that you have an 1.25GHz/CTO eMac manufatured in the 20th week of 2005, while another might tell you that you have a 1.42GHz/512/160/Super eMac manufactured in the 23rd week of 2005.
Apple will probably have designations for the new 18 numeric digits to provide similar information based on serial number alone. This isn't really a unique concept in serial numbers. For example, your car's VIN provides similar data if you know what you are looking at. There is probably some good reason internal to Apple why they are changing, but it is most likely nothing newsworthy to the public other than as an information item.
the end is near!
you don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to see what is going on here... 18 numbers. 6 numbers - 6 numbers- 6numbers .... 666.
Come on don't you see it, they sold there soul to intel and now have the mark!
be afraid.
steve 3:16
you don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to see what is going on here... 18 numbers. 6 numbers - 6 numbers- 6numbers .... 666.
Come on don't you see it, they sold there soul to intel and now have the mark!
be afraid.
steve 3:16
That would have to be a "best post from four-days-ago" award. But it's still a great comment, which is hard to do on a topic as dull as serial numbers.zweigand said:You deserve a "post of the day" award for that one.
