[X-Unix] Re: Putting Serial # into System Profiler

[Bert Knabe]

On Nov 27, 2004, at 3:18 AM, Kirk McElhearn wrote:

> On 11/26/04 7:24 PM, "William H. Magill" <magill at mcgillsociety.org> 
> wrote:
>
>>
>> This is totally dependent on the particular box. I think it is true 
>> for
>> all new G4 and G5 machines, but I can't find any sort of confirmation
>> on that. Older Apple docs (circa 1999) indicate that there was no
>> reliable serial number recorded except that on the outside shipping
>> box. My beige G3 (an OF box) does not have the serial number.
>
> Some even had the serial number on the Mac itself - I think my 
> Performa 6400
> and maybe my LC 475 were like this...

Every Mac I've ever owned (from Mac Plus up) has had the serial number 
on the case, even if it wasn't always easy to read.

Bert Knabe
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