The label has probably shrunk with age because it looks like un-yellowed plastic. The serial number sticker never quite filled up the entire box on the Classics.
It could also be the sticker was off center from the factory, and the computer was in a room with a skylight or overhead fluorescent lighting causing that small piece of plastic to be left un-yellowed as a result of being shaded by the indention.
That's another question, did Apple ever offer refurbished Macs back in the early/mid 1990's? I ask because that might be the cause of the Classic in a CII bucket and an early 1993 manu date. Could also be what MinerAl said, Apple had surplus LoBos after discontinuation and the Classic was only offered to the schools after that like Mac128 said. Look what happened to the white MacBook; Apple discontinued it to the consumer in July 2011 but schools could still buy them until February of 2012.
It could also be the sticker was off center from the factory, and the computer was in a room with a skylight or overhead fluorescent lighting causing that small piece of plastic to be left un-yellowed as a result of being shaded by the indention.
That's another question, did Apple ever offer refurbished Macs back in the early/mid 1990's? I ask because that might be the cause of the Classic in a CII bucket and an early 1993 manu date. Could also be what MinerAl said, Apple had surplus LoBos after discontinuation and the Classic was only offered to the schools after that like Mac128 said. Look what happened to the white MacBook; Apple discontinued it to the consumer in July 2011 but schools could still buy them until February of 2012.