Apple Silicon Mac Pro Reportedly Not Coming at WWDC, Mac Studio Refresh Likely Delayed Until M3

[MacRumors]

The Apple silicon Mac Pro will not be among the new hardware announcements at WWDC 2023, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman believes.

Speaking on the latest episode of The MacRumors Show, Gurman explained that while he still expects the new Mac Pro to launch this year, it is unlikely to emerge at WWDC in June. This is a significant delay over when the machine was originally expected to launch.

He added that the next-generation Mac Studio will likely not contain M2-series chips, with Apple postponing a refresh of the device until the M3 generation to avoid cannibalizing the new Mac Pro.

Gurman also said that the new 15-inch MacBook Air, which will contain an M2 chip, was originally supposed to launch last year. This apparently means that the 13-inch MacBook Air could run on a separate chip upgrade cycle to the 15-inch model, with the smaller device potentially set to receive the M3 chip well before it comes to the larger model. How Apple plans to align the chip upgrade cycle of the two devices in the long term remains to be seen.

Following up on an earlier report, Gurman said that he now expects the "in-air typing" text input method to be present on Apple's mixed-reality headset when it launches, despite its "finicky" experience. He added that the device's two-hour battery life may be likely to remain through successive generations of the mixed-reality headset, much like how the two standard Apple Watch model sizes have had no battery life improvements since their announcement in 2014.

For more of Gurman's latest thoughts on Apple's upcoming hardware announcements, listen to the latest episode of The MacRumors Show on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or your preferred podcast player.

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[GizmoDVD]

Oh no! What will the "Pros" use?!? LOL

 

[ThisBougieLife]

Seeming more and more true that Apple really hit a roadblock and backed themselves into a corner with making an Apple Silicon machine truly "modular" and offering something beyond what the Mac Studio offers.

What doesn't make sense to me is how they couldn't have seen this coming.

"Let's put everything onto the SOC!"
"But we're still going to have a super modular, upgradeable Mac Pro!"

 

[sw1tcher]

Almost 4 years without an update. SMH

I'm going to need more new emojis to keep me from being too sad.

 

[GMShadow]

Gurman also said that the new 15-inch MacBook Air, which will contain an M2 chip, was originally supposed to launch last year. This apparently means that the 13-inch MacBook Air could run on a separate chip upgrade cycle to the 15-inch model, with the smaller device potentially set to receive the M3 chip well before it comes to the larger model.

That would make the 15" DOA. Highly doubt this happens.

 

[macsplusmacs]

No love for Pete.

For pete's sake!!

 

[rpmurray]

It's like I'm being rickrolled again and again.

 

[reallynotnick]

Time to move back to x86 already?

 

[iObama]

Yeah, I think the MP has gone the way of AirPower. If the entire platform is built around everything being built in to an SoC, what is there to be modular?

 

[ThisBougieLife]

That would make the 15" DOA. Highly doubt this happens.

Gurman keeps saying this, that the 15" Air is coming at WWDC with M2, followed a few months later by the 13" Air with M3. That just makes no sense. Why would they not just wait until the fall to launch them both with M3? Why make it so the larger Air is "behind" the smaller one?

Unfortunately I also learned that sometimes the most disappointing rumors end up being true...

 

[senttoschool]

What a dud year for Macs.

 

[prefuse07]

It's like I'm being rickrolled again and again.

Cookrolled

 

[hardwickj]

"If you don't cannibalize yourself, someone else will"

- Steve Jobs

 

[macsplusmacs]

Yeah, I think the MP has gone the way of AirPower. If the entire platform is built around everything being built in to an SoC, what is there to be modular?

Exactly, it's the question that I wanted at least hinted at WWDC.

But not even that it seems.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

I’m not surprised by this report at all. But I feel like this is just another shot in the dark. 🧑‍🦯

 

[Realityck]

Speaking on the latest episode of The MacRumors Show, Gurman explained that while he still expects the new Mac Pro to launch this year, it is unlikely to emerge at WWDC in June. This is a significant delay over when the machine was originally expected to launch

Yet he doesn't have a clue to anything MacOS involved. Most here are aware of whats going on with all the OS's, I had to laugh how lost he looked when asked about whats coming in MacOS 14. So as a good source of M2 Ultra status forget it.

 

[JPack]

No M2 Extreme, no expandable memory, not showing up at WWDC23. Seems like internal development issues rather than project focus or marketing/timing to blame.

 

[rpmurray]

Almost 4 years without an update. SMH

I'm going to need more new emojis to keep me from being too sad.

My original prediction that it would take six years for Apple to bring out a new Mac Pro after the 2019 is starting to look truer all the time. 🍰 This cake is a lie.

 

[BobSc]

Time to move back to x86 already?

Why? What would that accomplish?

 

[greenbreadmmm]

Why? What would that accomplish?

The ram and gpu requirements that come with using a Mac Pro

 

[cdsapplefan]

Waiting this long, Apple may just announce the M3 for the Mac Pro

 

[erikkfi]

New Mac Pro Coming Soon, part 94827173.

 

[FelixDerKater]

And an iMac Pro?

 

[blazerunner]

Just release an Intel 13900k Mac Pro and call it a day. That CPU runs circles around anything and everything Apple has to offer. Jesus christ, it's NOT that hard. A company worth 3 trillion dollars cant sell a good computer? That's embarrassing.

 

[gpat]

3nm CPUs are not ready for market and no amount of fanboy whining will fix that. Deal with it