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Thorts · Jun 29, 2006, 11:56 PM

I cannot find the area in the system profiler (or elsewhere) on my 4 year old ibook that details when the computer was built. I have the latest version of OS X. Thanks in advance.

joel_v · Jun 30, 2006, 12:35 AM

give this thing a go.

imitchellg5 · Jul 1, 2006, 10:18 PM

That didn't work with my iMac. Location N/A and date too.

brokenjago · Jul 1, 2006, 11:36 PM

Maybe the serial number is so old it's in a format that it can't understand?

Thorts · Jul 2, 2006, 01:09 AM

Coconutidentity gave wrong info for me, too, on the iBook and my own old TiBook. So, it seems that that program has some problems. But thanks for the link!

Sean

joel_v · Jul 2, 2006, 05:34 AM

sry guys. it worked for me, on my macbook. yea, the program may not work for everyones comps.

Thorts · Jul 2, 2006, 05:23 PM

Maybe it only works Downunder.

joel_v · Jul 3, 2006, 03:29 AM

haha..maybe.
but not likely. can anyone else clarify it working?

imitchellg5 · Jul 6, 2006, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by brokenjago

Maybe the serial number is so old it's in a format that it can't understand?

My iMac is a G5.

azncreazion · Jul 6, 2006, 05:13 PM

Find the serial number, and call apple and ask.

chipchen · Jul 6, 2006, 06:01 PM

http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html

The serial number... the third character is the year and the next two is the week in that year.... so... JS4350932WRX would be build in the 35th week of 2004.

Thorts · Jul 6, 2006, 08:55 PM

Thanks for all the help, folks! I sent an email to Small Dog (from whom it was purchased), and they sent me a copy of the invoice. Good service!

imitchellg5 · Jul 8, 2006, 07:50 PM

I like Small Dog. They seem to be very friendly.