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Coconut Battery says age older than I've owned it!!

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lenb

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May 11, 2004
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Leicester, UK
Just downloaded Coconut Battery and it says my 15" mbp is 7 weeks old and I've only had it for 3 weeks! Does this mean that someone else had it before me and took it back? Although the box was sealed the OS was already loaded, all I had to do was run the snow leopard disc.

lenb
 
You should be able to enter your mbp's serial number to get a more accurate age for your notebook.
 
These threads always make me laugh.

Your MBP is not fast food.

It was built in a factory, shipped to your country, shipped to a store where you bought it, then sat there til you bought it. Of course it's older than the amount of time you've had it.
 
Entered the serial number and it still says 7 weeks. I assume then that the age is taken from manufacture rather than when bought/registered! I suppose that is the only way for coconut battery to get the information.

Ok perhaps it was a dumb question, thanks for your quick replies anyway!

lenb
 
puma1552 said:
These threads always make me laugh.

Your MBP is not fast food.

It was built in a factory, shipped to your country, shipped to a store where you bought it, then sat there til you bought it. Of course it's older than the amount of time you've had it.
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Your analogy does not stand. It is dependent on the type of fast food restaurant :D Some fast food places have the food prepped in other countries and then shipped where it waits on the shelf until someone buys it :eek:
 
puma1552 said:
These threads always make me laugh.

Your MBP is not fast food.

It was built in a factory, shipped to your country, shipped to a store where you bought it, then sat there til you bought it. Of course it's older than the amount of time you've had it.
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Sorry I asked!!!!!

You may know the answer quicker than I. It's answers in the above tone that puts people with legitimate questions off from using these forums!!!!!!
 
It depends on the place you bought. I got mine from a university bookstore during a special promotion (extra $$$ off from Apple Academic Pricing) and they were flying off the shelves. Coconut battery reports 7 weeks and I owned the computer for 6 weeks and a half :D
 
I asked what I thought was a legitimate question. I also agree that he is probably right with his answer. Starting his answer with sarcasm "these threads always make me laugh" is what ruins it. It didn't need that bit!!!
 
Sorry if I sounded rude, that was not my intention, but a little common sense does go a long way. :)
 
lenb said:
I asked what I thought was a legitimate question. I also agree that he is probably right with his answer. Starting his answer with sarcasm "these threads always make me laugh" is what ruins it. It didn't need that bit!!!
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You should stick to the mac basics area maybe.
 
puma1552 said:
These threads always make me laugh.

Your MBP is not fast food.

It was built in a factory, shipped to your country, shipped to a store where you bought it, then sat there til you bought it. Of course it's older than the amount of time you've had it.
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Thats exactly what I thought when I checked mine but it still made me scratch my head. Ive had my MBP a little over 2 weeks... Coconut says its 2 months old. Guess this machine sat for a long time.. but I dont care cuz its mine now! :cool:
 
Ace R. said:
Thats exactly what I thought when I checked mine but it still made me scratch my head. Ive had my MBP a little over 2 weeks... Coconut says its 2 months old. Guess this machine sat for a long time.. but I dont care cuz its mine now! :cool:
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Agreed - the machine is the same whether it was built a week or a month ago, it hasn't been used anyway.
 
Guys
I've been a Mac user since 1997, using Quadra's, 7500's, Blue and White's, G3 Powerbook (Kanga) Windtunnel Mirror Doors etc etc and I got confused over my Coconut reading on my MacBook Pro too.

Give the fella a break, we want to encourage all new Mac users otherwise they'll end up going to one of those Windows 7 parties instead:)
 
puma1552 said:
Sorry if I sounded rude, that was not my intention, but a little common sense does go a long way. :)
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Don't we all sometimes ask a 'silly' question? I am fine with it but I just wondered at the time. Now I realise that it refers to build date rather than 'out of box' date, I am ok with it.
There are obviously those on here who know an awful lot more about their mac's than me (that's why we post here in the 1st place) but perhaps if they phrased their answers a little better it would help less knowledgeable people such as myself rather than drive us away.
"you should stick to the mac basics area" is perhaps another wrongly phrased answer.

Thanks again to those with helpful replies, and apology accepted.

I also apologise for being dim! :)
(hope 1 exclamation mark is ok :)
 
mine arrived two weeks old - fair enough

I presume you bought a stock product and not a custom one, so yeah they are often made some time before - mine was built on my birthday.....
 
i know this thread is kinda old but ur 2 weeks are understandable...mine has a 4 MONTH delay. this is shocking!
 
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