But what is the purpose of that EMC number?
As mentioned in my earlier post...I believe that the EMC number identifies all similar product line models released at the same time/same date.
Thus:
- All Early 2011 13" MacBook Pro's (same EMC #).
- All Early 2011 15" MacBook Pro's (same EMC #).
- All Early 2011 17" MacBook Pro's (same EMC #).
- All mid 2011 21" iMac's (same EMC #).
- All mid 2011 27" iMac's (same EMC #).
- All Late 2011 13" MacBook Pro's (same EMC #).
- All Late 2011 15" MacBook Pro's (same EMC #).
- All Late 2011 17" MacBook Pro's (same EMC #).
I used 2011 models as an example...since there's a lot of model diversity in this year. Other release dates should show a similar EMC number patttern.
Also...if
iFixit: The Free Repair Manual is visited.
iFixit: The Free Repair Manual uses EMC numbers with some repair guides to differentiate between models when model confusion is more likely to happen (especially with iMac models).
- Nick