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Apple Confirms Mac Pro Is Dead, No Future Models Planned
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Except for the quote that 9to5mac got that. ...
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Apple has also confirmed to 9to5Mac that it has no plans to offer future Mac Pro hardware. ..."
Not only are they saying the M2 version is stopped, but saying it is not a future path either.
Pretty good chance Apple is going to leave it as a 3rd party opportunity to put external wrappers around the Mac Studio and then folks will have their "modular container box". The Studio will just be a part inside the container.
Sonnet's xMac Studio currently uses modular expander boxes. But conceptually someone could bulid something with a fixed set of slots , fixed secured TB wires , and spot to secure the Mac Studio in. Apple wouldn't have to build any of that and it would fill the 'need' for a Mac 'box with slots'.
If only there was a company that was in a position to design their pro systems to not have so many shortsighted limitations!
I think Apple concluded it wasn’t feasible to keep producing Ultra processors and that the vast majority of Mac customers are served by its existing lineup.
Apple's AI servers run PCC OS . It is stripped down to the iOS size level with a narrow set of augments. It doesn't keep any persistent user data. It isn't a general purpose server usecase.
Apple isn't trying to displace their current Cloud services hardware with their AI servers. It was only a specialized , highly proprietary task they are loaded with. A SoC optimized for that isn't going to get them into the generic Linux server market.
Apple has no general purpose server OS.
JoeG4
macrumors 68040
I'd much prefer BYODKM instead of being forced to buy a Magic Mouse.
The trashcan Mac Pro also didn't come with a keyboard or mouse.
I do get that you could just simply custom order your Mac Pro to come with the keyboard and trackpad, but still, why?
I don't think any "pro" cared about the keyboard and mouse coming in the box and I'd laugh at the idea that they'd turn down a $6000 computer and choose to buy from the likes of Dell instead just because of this.
Seriously? You somehow fault Cook for making Apple dominant in the tech world by making great products and doing it profitably. Versus Gates who was born wealthy, bought DOS and used his socialite connections to get IBM to use DOS on IBM's venture into PCs. At that time IBM was the name in computing, so it immediately made Microsoft's DOS acceptable to all the corporate buyers who were fearful of buying anything but IBM.
Bill Gates, who totally missed the internet despite being ideally placed, was no tech genius. He was very savvy though, and had superb timing. Cook is a true business genius who has served Apple very well for decades.
You can still get your rack-mounted M2 Mac Pro in the refurnished store. unfortunately it seems the wheels aren't compatible with it. such a shame.
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code-m
macrumors 601
x16 PCI-e v4 8x m.2 SSD card.
https://www.sonnettech.com/product/m2-8x4-pcie-card/overview.html
If that is populated with eight x4 PCI-e v4 SSDs then substantively throttled. ( two four m.2 SSDs each into a x16 slot wouldn't be throttled at all.)
For a company with “Pro” cables, “Pro” earbuds, and “Pro” tablets, it is kind of weird that they don’t have a “Pro” desktop.
ikramerica
macrumors 68020
But it’s peaking by adding cores, and you see that by the single core score stagnation.
who knows, they may offer a studio rack version but it’s unlikely
baconcat_8964
macrumors 6502
I just checked the purchase history of the Dell Precision in my office. It did "come with" a keyboard and a mouse, but that's an extra charge selected by default.
lovehateapple
macrumors 6502a
I never owned a trash can Mac Pro, but I did appreciate its form factor. IMO, it's too bad it didn't work for technical / thermal reasons.
FilthyMuppetInnuendo
macrumors regular
Just hide an iPhone 18 Pro in a real cheese grater, run a usb-c cable from it to an external monitor and connect a Bluetooth keyboard and voila’……
Trusteft
macrumors 65816
At the very least they can release a pair of wheels for it.
Ok I’m gonna throw out a crazy prediction. They killed the Mac Pro but really it will only be the name. They’ll keep it discontinued for a while, and then bring back this design in the newly named product called Mac Ultra. It will feature the X1 chip and the optional G1 chip.
X1 will essentially be the SoC above the M Ultra chip, and the G1 will be similar but much more GPU focused by going all out with GPU cores, and the real kicker will be that both will be upgradable. Apple will sell the X1 and the G1 as standalone products, and you pop them in the Mac Ultra body like a PCI card, and you can add multiple G1 cards if you wanted. Essentially making a modular upgradable Mac but still locked in to Apple’s way like they like to do. The Mac Ultra will essentially just be the body with a power supply and cooling system with the ability to add storage and these chips that Apple will sell as simple plug n play cards. I would fully expect just the standalone X1 and G1 cards to be minimum starting at $3k each. But giving the ability to buy them separately gives a much bigger incentive to upgrade more often. You could just keep your Mac Ultra but go from the X1 to the X4 or whatever.
Yeah probably never gonna happen but that’s how I’m gonna see this news. Because this iteration of the Mac Pro came out in 2019, why would Apple go through all the R&D of designing this version if they knew the Apple silicon transition would kill it? That just seems like such a waste of money when they could’ve just replaced the trash can Mac Pro with the Mac Studio if that’s all they were gonna do.
X1 will essentially be the SoC above the M Ultra chip, and the G1 will be similar but much more GPU focused by going all out with GPU cores, and the real kicker will be that both will be upgradable. Apple will sell the X1 and the G1 as standalone products, and you pop them in the Mac Ultra body like a PCI card, and you can add multiple G1 cards if you wanted. Essentially making a modular upgradable Mac but still locked in to Apple’s way like they like to do. The Mac Ultra will essentially just be the body with a power supply and cooling system with the ability to add storage and these chips that Apple will sell as simple plug n play cards. I would fully expect just the standalone X1 and G1 cards to be minimum starting at $3k each. But giving the ability to buy them separately gives a much bigger incentive to upgrade more often. You could just keep your Mac Ultra but go from the X1 to the X4 or whatever.
Yeah probably never gonna happen but that’s how I’m gonna see this news. Because this iteration of the Mac Pro came out in 2019, why would Apple go through all the R&D of designing this version if they knew the Apple silicon transition would kill it? That just seems like such a waste of money when they could’ve just replaced the trash can Mac Pro with the Mac Studio if that’s all they were gonna do.