How to find specs by serial number

a,

That won't work with Panther and Safari. It crashes Safari. Also if the computer is out of warranty it just says "Sorry there is no warranty support remaining on this computer" or words to that effect.

John

That probably is because any Mac that currently is under warranty has at least Tiger installed on it anyway. Remember Tiger was released April 2005.

Try a different browser*:

http://www.macmaps.com/browser.html

And definitely call AppleCare asking there be an identification system for out of warranty machines.

- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

You miss the point, a.

I'll continue to recommend chipmunk.

Chipmunk is no more accurate than Apple's own info. Apple has the best info available on their own machines.

And yes I agree it is inconvenient that Apple's info out of 3 year warranty is lacking, but that's where the consumer has to demand of Apple directly that their info becomes better.

It is a good idea for all customers to become familiar with which Mac model they have while it is still in warranty in case a firmware update is necessary. Most firmware updates are system specific.

If you buy a used or refurbished Mac, and don't know which model you are getting, you haven't really practiced cavaet emptor. For all you know you get a Mac that doesn't have firmware updates applied.

So my take on it is, if the sticker is gone, it is like buying a paperback book without its cover.

a,

Chipmunk is infinitely more accurate than Apple. Entering my serial number on the Support site will return info for a Mid 2005 model. Not even close to my first generation iBook G4. Entering it on the Warranty Support info box returns nothing. Using Safari 1.3.2 will crash Safari. This is Apple's own site! I'm not going to apologize for Apple, wait for them to fix it or recommend people pay Apple Care for information that should be available for free!. They've been aware of these problems for many months and I doubt they will be fixed any time soon if ever. Therefore http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html it is.

They've been aware of these problems for many months and I doubt they will be fixed any time soon if ever.

Who told you they are aware of the problem?

a brody wrote:

They've been aware of these problems for many months and I doubt they will be fixed any time soon if ever.

Who told you they are aware of the problem?

Apple employees in the Lounge and through private emails with other Apple employees.