How do I determine the age of my HP PC?

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                    How do I determine the age of my HP   PC?                                          

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

The 4th, 5th and 6th characters in the serial number will always be numbers.

You can tell the year and week of manufacture by looking at those 3 numbers.

The 4th is the last number of the calendar year.

The 5th and 6th numbers are the calendar week of manufacture.

For example:

Let's say the 4th, 5th and 6th numbers are 623.

6=2006, or 2016, and the 23 = the 23rd week of the calendar year.

You would have to have a ballpark idea of when you bought the notebook or what hardware it has.

The hardware in a notebook made in 2006 will be old technology compared to one made in 2016.