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My iMac G5 Rev A. 1.6 Ghz was built in Shanghai, China in the 49th week of Dec. '04. It was number 5639 off the assembly line (use the web tool provided in the previous link). But this tool shows mine as ??. You know why? I just got it back from the Apple store today. They had it to swap out the power supply and logic board. If I open 'System Profiler.app' I see that it no longer knows my serial number. I bet something similar is up with you other folks -- repair items don't have an imprinted serial number (wherever it's stored; the boot ROM, I imagine).

Unlike everyone so far, my iMac was not built in the US or China, but Ireland (Cork, to be precise) between 20 and 26 June 2005. My iPod was obviously a mate of Kenneth's, as it was built in China between 20 and 26 September 2004.

I think the time period shown indicates the week in which your Mac was built. At least that's what you get if you look it up in iCal (or any ordinary calendar; Monday being the start of the week) and that's the only reason that makes sense why it takes every Mac seven days to be built ;-P

My iBook G4 was built in China between May 30th and April 6th. My iPod video was built in UKNOWN between October 5th and 10th.

My Dual PowerMac G4 is made in the USA between 20/01/2003 and 26/01/2003. *I bought it on 22 Feb 2003. My iBook G4 1.33 is made in China between 18/07/2005 and 24/07/2005. *I bought it on 1 Aug 2005. My 5G iPod is unknown between 24/10/2005 and 30/10/2005. *I bought it on 5 Nov 2005. My iPod mini 4GB (Rev. A) is made in China between 20/09/2004 and 26/09/2004. My original 10GB iPod (2G) is made in China between 12/08/2002 and 18/08/2002. *I bought it on 21 Aug 2002. Looks like Apple products were flying off the shelf pretty quick.

My mini's made in America and i live in England like the other guys.

I'm surprised, my Powerbook (bought in Tokyo and with a Japanese keyboard) was made in the USA. Not what I would have expected.

Built in Taiwan Between 9/9/01 and 9/14/01 I think I might need to buy a new one, although my 600mhz iBook is still a workhorse somehow...

There is another way to get this information. I believe it will show the exact build date and time if you start up while holding Apple+option+v+o, but I could be wrong about that key combo. I did while on the phone with Apple last week, and it appears to be some kind of command line, and I forget if the command for restart was restart, or something else.

I'm in the UK and my mini was built in the USA too. Between 4 & 10th April 2005.