Mac Birth Records

Just found this site that digs up birth-certificate info of any Mac when you paste in the serial number and hit Laat de informatie zein (the site's in the Netherlands).

I wonder how long I have before the hard drive goes south.

Serial number: 666
Name: Power Macintosh G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors / Wind Tunnel)
Model: M8689 PowerMac G4 1.0GHz-DP
Bus speed: 167MHz
Factory: XB (ElkGrove/Sacramento, California)
URL: Technical specifications by apple-history.com code_to_number: 05A - CK701072XAU

Model introduced: 2002
Production year: 2002
Production week: 50 (December)
Production number: 180 (within this week)

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It narrows it's build date to the second week of December 2002. Not bad.

Cool, mines made in the same place about a year earlier

Serial number: XB148133KSL
Name: Power Macintosh G4 (Quicksilver)
Model: M8395 PowerMac G4 733MHz
Bus speed: 133MHz
Factory: XB (ElkGrove/Sacramento, California)
URL: Technical specifications by apple-history.com code_to_number: 133 - XB1000T9KXR

Model introduced: 2001
Production year: 2001
Production week: 48 (December)
Production number: 1261 (within this week)

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I like your Satanic serial number there Brown!

Here is my last generation iMac G5. Made in China.

iMac G5 iSight
Serial number: 777
Name: iMac G5 (Third model)
Model: Mxxxx iMac G5 (iSight) 2.1GHz
Bus speed: 700MHz
Screen size: 20 inch
Memory - number of slots: 1
Factory: W8 (Shanghai China)
Model introduced: 2005
Production year: 2005
Production week: 47 (November)
Production number: 27780 (within this week)

Mac Mini Core Duo
aantalip: 1
Serial number: YM6139PNU36
Name: Mac mini (Early 2006)
Model: Mxxxx Mac mini Intel Core duo 1.66GHz
Bus speed: 667MHz
Factory: YM (China (Hon Hai = Foxconn) Configured in Czech Republic?)
URL: Technical specifications by apple-history.com code_to_number: 9PN - CK701072XAU
Model introduced: 2006
Production year: 2006
Production week: 13 (April)
Production number: 11208 (within this week)


iBook G4 1.33Ghz
aantalip: 9
Serial number: 4H5456YUSE7
Name: iBook G4 (Mid 2005)
Model: M9846 iBook G4 1.33GHz
Bus speed: 133MHz
Screen size: 12 inch
Factory: 4H (China)
URL: Technical specifications by apple-history.com code_to_number: 6YU - UV4373LGQHU
Model introduced: 2005
Production year: 2005
Production week: 45 (November)
Production number: 8052 (within this week)

PowerMac G4 Digital Audio
aantalip: 3
Serial number: XB11504FKAP
Name: Power Macintosh G4 (Digital Audio)
Model: M7945 PowerMac G4 667MHz
Bus speed: 133MHz
Factory: XB (ElkGrove/Sacramento, California)
URL: Technical specifications by apple-history.com code_to_number: 04F - UV4373LGQHU
Model introduced: 2001
Production year: 2001
Production week: 15 (April)
Production number: 151 (within this week)

Mac Mini G4 1.5Ghz (Interesting it shows 1.42Ghz as this came with 1.5Ghz and was the last G4 Mini made)
aantalip: 4
Serial number: YM5372ZVTAC
Name: Mac mini
Model: Mxxxx Mac mini 1.42GHz
Bus speed: 167MHz
Factory: YM (China (Hon Hai = Foxconn) Configured in Czech Republic?)
URL: Technical specifications by apple-history.com code_to_number: 2ZV - XB1000T9KXR
Model introduced: 2005
Production year: 2005
Production week: 37 (September)
Production number: 3463 (within this week)

Apple sure cranked up the speed of the assembly line over the years. Only 180 were made the week mine was built, 1,261 for Louishen's and 27,780! in one week for dtravis7's.

Have you seen Charlie Chaplin's assembly-line scene in Modern Times?

I've been trying to find this again for some thime. Thanks for the link!

COOL! Here's mine:

aantalip: 0
Serial number: W86180XAVJ3
Name: MacBook Pro
Model: Mxxxx MacBook Pro 2.0GHz
Bus speed: 667MHz
Screen size: 15 inch
Screen resolution: 1440x900 pixels
Memory - number of slots: 2
Factory: W8 (Shanghai China)
URL: Technical specifications by apple-history.com code_to_number: 0XA - XB1000T9KXR

Model introduced: 2006
Production year: 2006
Production week: 18 (May)
Production number: 1064 (within this week)

So far 0 hardware problems have been entered for this model.

Serial number: ROFLCOPTER117
Name: MacBook (Mid 2007)
Model: Mxxxx MacBook Black 2.2GHz
Memory - number of slots: 2
Factory: W8 (Shanghai China)
URL: Technical specifications by apple-history.com code_to_number: 4X2 - CK442JALS8J

Model introduced: 2007
Production year: 2007
Production week: 43 (October)
Production number: 5680 (within this week)

Is everything in the whole world made in China now?

China, India, or southeast Asia where labor is cheap. And this is across all technical and professional levels.

louishen said:

Is everything in the whole world made in China now?

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Everything would have been, except with rising wages in China — well, India, but relatively speaking — Romania will be the next sweat-shop.

aantalip: 0
Serial number: -----------
Name: iMac G5 (Third model)
Model: Mxxxx iMac G5 (iSight) 2.1GHz
Bus speed: 700MHz
Screen size: 20 inch
Memory - number of slots: 1
Factory: W8 (Shanghai China)
URL: Technical specifications by apple-history.com code_to_number: G9F -

Model introduced: 2005
Production year: 2005
Production week: 49 (December)
Production number: 18817 (within this week)

Neato --

aantalip: 0
Serial number: W87341HMX87
Name: iMac Intel (Mid 2007)
Model: Mxxxx iMac Intel (aluminum) 2.0GHz
Bus speed: 800MHz
Screen size: 20 inch
Factory: W8 (Shanghai China)
URL: Technical specifications by apple-history.com code_to_number: 1HM - CK442JALS8J

Model introduced: 2007
Production year: 2007
Production week: 34 (August)
Production number: 1755 (within this week)

Mine's just a babe; only one younger so far is Vindicated's. Wonder if I can find the SNs of my old Macs.

aantalip: 1
Serial number:
Name: MacBook Pro (Mid 2007)
Model: Mxxxx MacBook Pro 2.4GHz
Bus speed: 800MHz
Screen size: 15 inch
Memory - number of slots: 2
Factory: W8 (Shanghai China)
URL: Technical specifications by apple-history.com code_to_number: 0BU - XB1000T9KXR

Model introduced: 2007
Production year: 2007
Production week: 36 (September)
Production number: 402 (within this week)

Name: Power Macintosh G5 (First model)
Model: M9020 PowerMac G5 1.6GHz
Bus speed: 800MHz
Factory: YM (China (Hon Hai = Foxconn) Configured in Czech Republic?)


Model introduced: 2003
Production year: 2003
Production week: 33 (August)
Production number: 3274 (within this week)

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Model: M9969 PowerBook G4 HighDensity 1.67GHz
Bus speed: 167MHz
Family name: A1138
Screen size: 15 inch
Factory: W8 (Shanghai China)

Production year: 2005
Production week: 49 (December)
Production number: 37849 (within this week)

aantalip: 0
Serial number:
Name: Mac Pro
Model: Mxxxx Mac Pro (Quad Xeon) 2.66GHz
Bus speed: 1.33GHz
Factory: 40 Please tell us where this machine is manufactured.
URL: Technical specifications by apple-history.com code_to_number: 0FU - UV4373LGQHU

Model introduced: 2006
Production year: 2007
Production week: 32 (August)
Production number: 538 (within this week)

What is interesting is that I have 2 x 3 GHz Quad-Core

Here's another Mac of mine:

Name: Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White)
Model: Mxxxx PowerMac G3 Blue-White 400 MHz
Bus speed: 100MHz
Factory: SG (Singapore)

Model introduced: 1999
Production year: 1999
Production week: 05 (February)
Production number: 4006 (within this week)

Not mine unfortunately, but the one I use at work.

aantalip: 0
Serial number: W8714113VGN
Name: iMac Intel (Late 2006)
Model: Mxxxx iMac Intel (core 2 duo) 2.16GHz
Bus speed: 667MHz
Screen size: 24 inch
Factory: W8 (Shanghai China)
URL: Technical specifications by apple-history.com code_to_number: 113 - CK442JALS8J

Model introduced: 2006
Production year: 2007
Production week: 14 (April)
Production number: 1193 (within this week)

The site says my Mac Pro was built in the states...


Serial number: BR549
Name: Mac Pro
Model: Mxxxx Mac Pro (Quad Xeon) 2.66GHz
Bus speed: 1.33GHz
Factory: G8 (USA)
URL: Technical specifications by apple-history.com code_to_number: 4BN - CK701072XAU

Model introduced: 2006
Production year: 2007
Production week: 16 (April)
Production number: 5020 (within this week)

Here's Macky! Aww my baby is growing up so fast.


Name: MacBook (Late 2006)
Model: Mxxxx MacBook (White) 1.83GHz
Bus speed: 667MHz
Screen size: 13 inch
Screen resolution: 1280x800 pixels
Memory - number of slots: 2
Factory: 4H (China)
URL: Technical specifications by apple-history.com code_to_number: 6K0 - CK442JALS8J

Model introduced: 2006
Production year: 2006
Production week: 44 (November)
Production number: 7582 (within this week)

Here is one more for the record made in Sacramento, California like my Digital Audio. I added a few more Macs to my first post. It's interesting to see when it all went over to production outside the USA.

PowerMac G5 Sawtooth 500Mhz
aantalip: 5
Serial number: XB0162E5J2S
Name: Power Macintosh G4 (AGP Graphics)
Model: Mxxxx PowerMac G4 400MHz/450MHz/500MHz CTO
Bus speed: 100MHz
Factory: XB (ElkGrove/Sacramento, California)
URL: Technical specifications by apple-history.com code_to_number: 2E5 - UV4373LGQHU
Model introduced: 1999
Production year: 2000
Production week: 16 (April)
Production number: 2793 (within this week)