Well we don't know until it comes out. The old Mac Pro's point was obvious: you could mod it after purchase, adding expansion cards, RAM, storage, etc. Its differentiator was clear. Whether that will remain true with the ARM Version remains to be seen.
First I use a 16” M1 Max MBP. The 16” laptop still is not ideal when you want to look a more documentation all at once. It’s why I pair a 24” iMac with it because of the 23.5” 4.5k screen. When editing I can have multiple web references that I can see all at once. The thought that people no longer need to see larger displays is more of a handicap. Apple’s one studio display solution is example of spending more to get something that is already twice redundant with that pairing. Perhaps this will change for the better when retailers are more competitive with this display. It should be closer to $1299 without the nano tech finishing.
Very few people need the power of the Mac Studio, the Mini is more than adequate for the majority. /s
Like so many felt the 24” slightly on the small side, but you do get used to it. If it ever see a modest SoC update such as the M2 Pro it will become a lot more of a serious solution usable with 32 GB ram, drive 2 6K displays, twice the memory bandwidth of the M2, with up to 10/19 cores. The thought of more modest M3 does’t excite me at all. Would that impact Mac Studio sales, yes likely, not from studio’s performance but sufficient for more serious Mac usage.
That's what Windows on Arm does, but it's not quite as good as rosetta. Unfortunately it doesn't run everything and performance isn't great. It mostly works for most apps, unless you need a driver of any kind, then you're sol. I have stuff that doesn't run on WoA, that's just the way it goes and why it's not a solution for me.
I'd actually trade my Studio Max for a Mac Mini Pro if I could since I really don't use the Studio enough to tolerate the whine. I always prefer to trade in with apple because it's easy, even if I don't get back as much, but Apple wont even take it in as a trade it. (not because it's damaged, the trade in bot wont take in any Studios. Which actually might say a lot.)
Slower refreshes could be the way Apple (somewhat) gracefully exits large swathes of the desktop PC market - it's sort of how they have approached the Mac Pro and, for a long time, the Mac Mini.
That, and no option to connect a non-apple GPU if there will be any left. Also storage expansion will not be as fast as the built-in, although internal storage is not important for Pro users. So what's left to expand? Just the CPU/GPU board? Might as well replace the machine. Really curious what the Pro will be like in the end, I'm pretty sure it will be a beefed up Mx that gets a spec bump every year/two year.
A obvious reason would be ramping up SoC production or some other parts supply problems is more challenging so they are being silent and wish to pull an another Jan 17 like hardware update when ready. I still think the Mac Studio being the only Mac using Ultra was poor planning without Mac Pro using the same. So all three, 2 year old 24” iMac, 1 year + studio Mac, and long delayed small tower MAC Pro is what’s next with M2 SoC’s. The M2 15” MBA is unknow, even if they keep saying real soon, but it could be released at any time.
Wouldn't it be easier (and cheaper) to just buy a monitor that you can connect your MBP to rather than maintaining two separate machines? I use a 14" MBP and if I need space I just hook it up to my dual 27" 4k displays in my home office.
You then have no fall back if your one and only Mac has an issue. I have backups for both. This like the typical work computer limitations.
I hope not. If Apple drops the pro it tells me they’ve failed at engineering a solution for that important market
I think the Mac Pro was that way more because that's how Intel PCs are, rather than Apple considering any of those things important. Since none of that is a part of any of the ASi Macs, I don't really expect them to go out of their way to incorporate things they probably consider outdated. I would expect storage will be just because it will probably be a case that can fit SSDs, but I wouldn't be surprised if that is the only thing they incorporate into the design.
But, if all that the Mac Pro brings to the table is more internal storage, what justifies getting the Mac Pro and paying the large premium price for it?
How about the fact that it replaced the 27inch iMac? Isn’t that an actually bigger niche than both Mac Mini and Mac Pro? It has been for the past few years. It was the most sought after Apple desktop and the Studio is imho even better. It will stay.
