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05-31-2017 06:19 PM
Hello all:
For a HP laptop, where is the produced year of this product?
Tell me the way to find it, please! --Zhao
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06-01-2017 06:34 AM
Hi:
That is correct.
You have to at least have some idea of when you bought the product.
Because if the 4th character is a 9, it could be 1999, 2009, 2019...
The 4th character is always the last number in the year.
CCSYWWZZZZ
Let's start from 2010...4th character of the serial number ends in:
2010 = 0
2011 = 1
2012 = 2
2013 = 3
2014 = 4
2015 = 5
2016 = 6
2017 = 7
2018 = 8
2019 = 9
2020 = 0
05-31-2017 07:47 PM
Hi:
You can determine the year and calendar week of manufacture from the serial number.
The 4th, 5th and 6th characters of the serial number are always numbers.
the 4th character is the last number of the year. For example, if the 4th character is a 6, the notebook was made in 2016.
If the 5th and 6th characters are a 2 and a 6, then the notebook was made in the 26th week of the year...
So if the 4th, 5th and 6th characters of the serial number are 626, then your notebook was made during the last week of June, 2016.
06-01-2017 06:34 AM
Hi:
That is correct.
You have to at least have some idea of when you bought the product.
Because if the 4th character is a 9, it could be 1999, 2009, 2019...
The 4th character is always the last number in the year.
CCSYWWZZZZ
Let's start from 2010...4th character of the serial number ends in:
2010 = 0
2011 = 1
2012 = 2
2013 = 3
2014 = 4
2015 = 5
2016 = 6
2017 = 7
2018 = 8
2019 = 9
2020 = 0
06-01-2017 05:00 PM - edited 06-01-2017 05:10 PM
You're very welcome.
Have you forgotten that 2017 is almost half over already?
No, your notebook was manufactured sometime this year (2017 during the 16th week of the year).
4th, 5th and 6th characters of the serial number...716
That is a brand new model.
Intel did not release the 7th generation core processors until late in 2016.
http://ark.intel.com/products/95443/Intel-Core-i5-7200U-Processor-3M-Cache-up-to-3_10-GHz
So, it would have been absolutely impossible for your notebook to have been made in 2007, anymore than it could have been made in 2027.
Remember what I wrote...you have to have some kind of relative idea when you bought the notebook, if you presumably bought it new.
06-09-2017 04:12 PM
06-09-2017 04:24 PM - edited 06-09-2017 04:39 PM
You're very welcome.
Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to help you choose a new notebook model.
First of all, I only buy HP business notebooks and desktop PC's.
Second...I have not shopped around for a new HP business notebook or desktop PC since 2011, so I am unfamiliar with what new technology is out there.
The latest HP Elitebook I own is a HP 6930p, which still runs great. It is from 2008, and has a 14.1" display, and I have installed W10 on it.
I imagine if I were to buy a new notebook today, and I wanted a 15.6" display like yours, I would go for the HP Elitebook 850 G4, which is the newest premium business notebook model they have.
http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-elitebook-850-g4-notebook-pc-%28energy-star%29-p-1bs49ut-aba--1
I tend to like the slightly smaller display (14.1"), so I would be looking at the HP Elitebook 840 G4.
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/laptops/product-detail.html?oid=11122291#!tab=features
They are expensive though.
06-09-2017 09:51 PM