Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future hardware

It’s the finish of an period: Apple has confirmed to 9to5Mac that the Mac Pro is being discontinued. It has been faraway from Apple’s web site as of Thursday afternoon. The “buy” page on Apple’s web site for the Mac Pro now redirects to the Mac’s homepagethe place all references have been eliminated.

Apple has additionally confirmed to 9to5Mac that it has no plans to supply future Mac Pro hardware.

Mac Studio is the future

The Mac Pro has lived many lives over the years. Apple launched the present Mac Pro industrial design in 2019 alongside the Pro Display XDR (which was additionally discontinued earlier this month). That model of the Mac Pro was powered by Intel, and Apple refreshed it with the M2 Ultra chip in June 2023. It has gone with out an replace since then, languishing at its $6,999 worth level whilst Apple debuted the M3 Ultra chip in the mac studio final yr.

With that in thoughts, the Mac Studio is clearly set as much as be the ‘professional’ desktop Mac of the future in Apple’s lineup. The Mac Studio could be configured with the M3 Ultra chip and a 32-core CPU and an 80-core GPU, paired with 256GB of unified reminiscence and 16TB of SSD storage.

With the discontinuation of Mac Pro at this time, Apple now sells three desktop Macs:

And three laptops:

To me, that is the strongest Mac lineup in years, and maybe the strongest Mac lineup ever. This is particularly true with the latest addition of the MacGuide Neo in the entry-level spot. There are choices spanning dramatically completely different worth factors, configurations, and kind elements.

Furthermore, with the launch of macOS Tahoe 26.2 final yr, Apple added a brand new low-latency function that permits you to use RDMA over Thunderbolt 5 to attach a number of Macs collectively. This offers Mac customers at the ultra-high-end of the market one other approach to scale efficiency. At the time, many speculated this function might be one other nail in the Mac Pro’s coffin.

Ultimately, Apple wanted to decide to both replace the Mac Pro or discontinue it. Continuing to promote it with the M2 Ultra at such a excessive worth was a disservice to Mac customers. I believe Apple made the proper name by discontinuing it and prioritizing the Mac Studio going ahead.

Of course, there’ll undoubtedly be some Mac Pro loyalists disenchanted by at this time’s information. But the writing has been on the wall for some time.

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