17 " MacBook Pro

pbenham
Contributor

Hi,

We've recently had a spate of batteries swell and break their casing on 17 inch MacBook Pros so I'm trying to make an advanced inventory search that will return all of our 17" MacBook Pros but I'm not having much luck. If I create a search with " Is like - 17" for the Model criteria then I only get some of our 17 inch models returned. None of our MacBook Pro (Early 2008), MacBook Pro (Early 2009), or MacBook Pro (Mid 2009) get listed in the inventory search. Any suggestions from out there in Casper land?

thanks

paul



Paul Benham
Desktop Operations Analyst
Bates College
110 Russell Street
Lewiston, ME 04240
PH: 207-786-6382
pbenham at bates.edu

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pbachuwa
New Contributor

Will this work for you, this is how I find mine.

Patrick Bachuwa
Desktop Engineering Applications Sears Holdings Corporation
Michigan Campus
3000 W. 14 Mile Road
Royal Oak, MI 48073-1717
Phone: 248 637-0350

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jarednichols
Honored Contributor

Could you also use some sort of screen res extension attribute?

j
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Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Client Services
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

Not applicable

New-world name (MacBookPro6,1, for example) would be the best; screen res might be wrong if someone has bought the high-res 15" screen.

--Jim

jafuller
Contributor

I would use a tool like MacTracker to get all of the new-world names of the 17" and use them in the criteria of a smart group.
It shows them as MacBookPro4,1, MacBookPro5,2 and MacBookPro6,1.

James Fuller | Technology Application Services | application developer II | V: 206.318.7153

jhalvorson
Valued Contributor

Use with caution! Within MacTracker, you'll notice that some of the earlier
15 and 17 inch models use the same Model Identifier. For example, both
Mid/Late 2007 models are listed as MacBookPro3,1.

Jason

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jarednichols
Honored Contributor

I was thinking new-world name in conjunction with screen res to help narrow it down.

j
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Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Client Services
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436