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Since model identification is critical to what we do here, I find I spend an inordinate amount of time making sure we’re talking about the same thing. Does anyone know of a site that gives Part Number, Model Number and the EMC Number for the different models.
Welcome to the club. We spend way too much of our time working on this. Believe it or not, this is actually a problem specific to Apple. Most manufacturers make it much easier to identify machines. Apple’s insistence on calling every version ‘MacBook’ or ‘iBook’ makes life challenging. Point people to our ID-Your-Mac system as much as possible; it’s designed for anyone to be able to follow. We also have a model # lookup built into our parts pages that cross-links to answers once you ID the machine. When identifying a machine, be as general as possible, but as specific as necessary.
http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-loo…
I like to use the Mactracker app, although it doesn’t list the EMC numbers which seem to be favoured here on ifixit on the other hand, Mactracker does list the “Machine ID” code and the Apple style general names, for example : “iMac 11,1” which is what Apple refers to in their documentatio as a: 27" iMac (Late 2009) Core i7 machine. These latter style descriptors are what you will find in some of Apple’s support and discussion group sites and other places. also the machine ID (e.g. iMac 11,1) is what shows up in System Profiler on each Mac, so personally I find this more useful than the EMC number which is only physcally stamped on the machine (and is sometimes worn out!). However I think the machine ID numbers sometimes apply to a family of machines of same type but different CPU speeds I wish ifixit would additionally add the Machine ID numbers to the model id info :) while I’m at it I may as well mention Apple’s own page for identifying Mac models
Hi, Besides Mactracker this is a site I use a great deal for information on various Mac models. I hope you may find it useful as well. Ralph http://www.everymac.com/
