Apple’s Mac Pro is dead, seemingly for good this time

The most expensive Mac you can get is no longer available on Apple’s website 9to5Mac Reports indicate the Mac Pro “cheese grater” workstation has been discontinued. It’s been part of the lineup since replacing the Power Mac G5 in 2006 when Apple switched from Arm to Intel processors, but it’s had a vestigial feel since Apple ditched Intel for its M-series chips.

The M2 Ultra version of the Mac Pro was launched three years ago, with Apple hardware executive and potential future CEO John Ternus saying that “For those users who need the versatility of internal expansion, Mac Pro combines PCIe slots with our most powerful chipset.” But without support for adding a new GPU, many professionals would have been in the target market They told us they didn’t want one.

the Mac studio Similar options without those slots were offered for $3,000 less at the time. It now stands as the most powerful device in Apple’s lineup, with M4 Max and M3 Ultra options now available and, most likely, M5 Ultra Variables on the way.

Apple has admitted that the “trash can” design of the 2013 Mac Pro has put it into a thermal corner from which it can’t find a way out, with large single GPU cards becoming favored over multiple GPUs. Pro users wanted more options, with Red Digital Cinema president Jared Land agreeing Pausing while talking in 2018 To tell an Apple employee “We need to support Nvidia… It’s not good for the community to be on just one platform, so please please think about it.” Apple addressed these needs at the time by going Return to the towerbut now, She’s leaving Mac Studio and Thunderbolt 5 as a base option for customers who need to add something extra.