Apple has cut the Mac Pro line directly! They have confirmed that “there are no plans to launch future Mac Pro hardware.” That tower case has long been regarded as a “professional icon.” That’s it. Don’t wait for the next generation. The last update to the Mac Pro product line was in June 2023. At that time, it just replaced the chip with M2 Ultra, and then continued to use the 2019 body design. The starting price of that generation is $6,999, which is expensive, but at least you can comfort yourself with “I can upgrade accessories at any time.”
Flagship position handed over to Mac Studio
Now Apple’s desktop flagship has become Mac Studio. The current Mac Studio has two configurations, M4 Max and M3 Ultra. The M3 Ultra can have up to a 32-core CPU, an 80-core GPU, Thunderbolt 5, and up to 512GB of unified memory. It’s true that the specifications are very powerful. Apple’s high-end desktop story will depend on this “box” from now on!
The advantages of towers still exist, but time waits for no one
Yes, everyone knows that Mac Pro’s clearest hardware advantage is actually only one: PCIe expansion. The problem is that Apple has no intention from the beginning to let you “upgrade to a discrete graphics” like a traditional workstation, which also makes the Mac Pro’s tower flexibility awkward. To put it bluntly, this decision is not a surprise. Mac Pro has been sitting on the M2 Ultra for nearly three years, and Mac Studio has long since taken over the stage with updated chips and Thunderbolt 5, so Mac Pro seems to have lost its advantage.
Mac Pro used to sell the feeling of “I am very professional”, but now Apple doesn’t even bother to give it this face. Do you want to expand? Do you want traditional workstation gameplay? Sorry, times no longer allow you such “freedom”.
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