They didnt have an equivalent to the studio yet (well, technically the 2013 was itself I guess, but not doable for Apple at a price point that made it work)
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Apple Confirms Mac Pro Is Dead, No Future Models Planned
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This is what I was thinking. And add in the new RDMA capabilities and the studio even gives you more expansion for large tasks than something like a theoretical lone M* extreme mac pro could have at the same price
Happy_John
macrumors 65816
Thunderbolt + the Trashcan ( 6,1) - Apple pushed proprietary card makers to pivot to making thunderbolt boxes rather than PCIe cards - and they did. So there wasn't the same need for a Mac tower with lots of PCIe slots any more.
As for fast storage - external TB storage became a reasonable alternative to internal storage, and NAses and DAs became more common, so everything didn't need to be internal.
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
Kind of not surprised either.
Apple has discontinued the Mac Pro and will soon be removing the machine from its website, reports 9to5Mac. Apple does not plan to design a new version of the Mac Pro, and no new model will be coming in the future.
Article Link: Apple Discontinues Mac Pro
The Mac Pro was amazing during the intel era and it was decent and cheaper when the Apple silicon version came out.
But as soon as the Mac Studio 2nd gen came out the difference in performance compared to cost was negligible.
I think Apple have finally realised why drop a 6k computer that’s barely more powerful than its sister machine starting at 2k?
I think the writing was on the wall for the Mac Pro as soon as the studio gen 1 dropped but Apple felt obligated to allow the Mac Pro to transition to Apple Silicon and it was a good test to see if the ultra pro market (patent pending) is big enough to justify its existence.
And I guess now we have the answer.
Unless Apple start doing builds with multiple Mx ultra chips and a dedicated desktop Apple GPU or 2 options.
The Mac Pro is a pointless concept as a fully spec’d studio probs ticks most if not all of the boxes for a pro level Mac user.
gothicgeek
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Makes perfect sense and not really a loss. It really was kind of insulting to ask customers to shell out such big money for a several year old processor based system. Now they just need to consistently update the Mac Studio on a regular basis and not let it get out of date.
videosoul
macrumors regular
End of an era. RIP. I was a proud G5 owner! Those really were the pinnacle of computer product design.
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
Yeah Apple Silicon largely killed off any and all advantages the Mac Pro had
azentropy
macrumors 601
Figured they were going to announce it at the same time as announcing the M5 Max and M5 Ultra Mac Studios, so timing is a bit odd.
The Mac Pro was the greatest computer of all time.
The studio is ugly as hell and will get even uglier and messier with cables and breakout boxes attached, but if the M5 ultra will be the fastest computer ever made, I can deal with it.
The studio is ugly as hell and will get even uglier and messier with cables and breakout boxes attached, but if the M5 ultra will be the fastest computer ever made, I can deal with it.
bigpoppa
macrumors 6502
Professional music studios used a ton of them. ✌️
TB5 is the first time I considered the Studio instead of the Mac Pro because of its speed.
Happy_John
macrumors 65816
I'm never ever getting rid of my 5,1. I'm keeping it as a teaching aid for kids to explain how computers work ( here's the RAM, here are the CPUs , here are the drives etc .)
That and because I have windows10 installed on one of the drives and I use it to play Red Dead Redemption 2.
Seriously though, it just has too much sentimental value for me. I ran a whole company on that machine. It's been a very loyal friend to me. Good times.
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awshucks
macrumors 6502a
What a great 50th anniversary gift!
Would have been nice if Apple announced new M5 Mac Studios to soften the blow. 🙂
visualseed
macrumors 6502a
They probably just ran out of inventory sooner than expected.
Like people have said, end of an era. It's 1987-2026 if you think about it: the original expandable Mac was the II in 87, then that design was refined into the Quadra, then the Power Mac, and then the Mac Pro. I loved mine when I had one.
You spoke it into reality and now somebody is going to end up doing that.
Can someone PLEASE fire Timmy and the Executive Team? They’re all too old, too rich, and too shortsighted. They fail to understand that you supply workstations, servers, wireless access points, printers, and monitors to get EVERY customer into the ecosystem, paying for monthly services, which is where the REAL money is.
Why did Bill Gates grasp this in 1980, but Timmy hasn’t figured it out almost half a century later? Some genius.
Why did Bill Gates grasp this in 1980, but Timmy hasn’t figured it out almost half a century later? Some genius.
awshucks
macrumors 6502a
The Mac Pro is finally in the trash can, as opposed to being the trash can. That sounded funnier in my head.
Mrkevinfinnerty
macrumors 68040
New Mac Studio, got them sweet Apple rims on there.
aaronhead14
macrumors 65816
The Mac Pro is the best product Apple has ever made.
This is a day of much sadness.
This is a day of much sadness.
CWallace
macrumors G5
Makes sense to announce it now so that when they announce the M5 Studio Ultra at WWDC, people will not hold off buying it hoping a Mac Pro M5 Ultra will ship at a future date.