BWhaler said:Yeah, there was a lot of confusion because of that article, and it was dead wrong.
Here's how your Apple serial works:
First 2 Digits: Factory it was assembled at
Next 1 Digit: Year
Next 2 Digits: Month manufactured
Remained: Your unique serial.
For example: W8619XJ42U
W8: Shanghai Factory
6: Built 2006
19: Built 19th week
XJ42U: Your Mac's serial number
So, people who thought that W8612... or W8613... meant revisions of different motherboards, but the only difference was one was built the following week.
Not that I'm aware of... I just got my shipment notification for my 17" MBP and it's a W862204KTJ1. Hopefully the 22nd week will bring good newssunrobby said:Wow so thats the meaning of the serial number, i only know the week's built before. Thanks So if W8 means it's built in China, is there any MBP built not in China?
FragTek said:Not that I'm aware of... I just got my shipment notification for my 17" MBP and it's a W862204KTJ1. Hopefully the 22nd week will bring good news
Nope that's the real number, and I'm really not that worried about itjsnuff1 said:I really hope that you changed a digit or two at the end of that serial number and that is not your true number...people with ill intentions can do a lot with that number.