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Apr 12, 2012 10:22 AM in response to jamesfromlos molinosby sig,Not weird at all. It's new. However you have your serial number posted and I will ask a moderator to remove your post or modify it.
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Apr 12, 2012 10:22 AM in response to jamesfromlos molinosby ds store,Wherever you bought it from gave you a Early 2011 instead of a Late 2011.
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Apr 12, 2012 10:24 AM in response to sigby jamesfromlos molinos,Okay, sorry about the serial # thing, but how can I find out if it really is an early 2011 or a late 2011?
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Apr 12, 2012 10:40 AM in response to jamesfromlos molinosby jsd2,The About this Mac function is reliable. For confirmation, you can go to
How to identify MacBook Pro models
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4132
and also
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Apr 12, 2012 4:19 PM in response to jsd2by jamesfromlos molinos,Thats really wierd, because it shipped with Lion and didn't have any install discs.
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Apr 12, 2012 4:29 PM in response to jamesfromlos molinosby Courcoul,Maybe a refurbished unit? As long as they honor the sale date and the warranty period, plus the price was right, the difference between the Early and Late models, hardware-wise, was minimal: about 100MHz worth of CPU speed plus the EFI mods needed to ensure that Lion would run exclusively. Maybe check the prices on the current units at the Apple Store and verify yours cost that or less, there have been no new versions since then.
Lion doesn't do install disks anymore: http://www.apple.com/macosx/recovery/
You can verify warranty and service coverage: https://selfsolve.apple.com/GetWarranty.do
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Apr 13, 2012 6:54 AM in response to jamesfromlos molinosby jsd2,A given hardware model can ship with different OS versions, depending on when it gets sold. The last of the "early 2011" MBPs shipped with Lion 10.7.2, the same version and build (11C74) as the first OS that shipped with the "late 2011" model.
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I bought new in early October 2011
It looks like you just missed the introduction of the "Late 2011" model in October 2011.
