MP All Models No M4 Ultra (guessing for at least 2+ years), and a prediction; no Mac Pro.

[mattspace]

No M4 Ultra, and no M3 Ultra Mac Pro.

Time, Gentlemen, last drinks. Thunderbolt is "good enough".

 

[KnowsHowItWorks]

Id say its More than enough but could use a steadier connectors. For MacPro internal placement for example.

 

[mattspace]

Id say its More than enough but could use a steadier connectors. For MacPro internal placement for example.

The only real use case that TB doesn't cover is faster NVME, and given no iPad has the concept of third party direct pci storage, and Macs are just expanded iPads now, it was always a jank to put it in the M2 mac pro. The fact the entire OS cycle for Sonoma was unusable for this shows where the priority was.

 

[mode11]

Given updating the logic board for an M3 Ultra would presumably be trivial, the lack of a new Mac Pro is likely telling.

The M2U MP was likely a one-off transition machine, to cover people who want to stuff a machine with internal storage and AV cards, and don't care much about GPU. Apple didn't invest that much in it, recycling everything bar the mobo from the 7,1.

Holding back the M4 Ultra for just the Mac Pro would be ridiculous; it would just hurt Studio sales rather than boost MP sales. Plus, creating both an M3 Ultra and M4 Ultra would increase development costs whilst denying them economies of scale. In any case, Apple have confirmed the M4 Max lacks the required UF connector.

 

[Regulus67]

No M4 Ultra, and no M3 Ultra Mac Pro.

Time, Gentlemen, last drinks. Thunderbolt is "good enough".

Well, the mac studio with M3 Ultra is very much a "mac pro" in the 6,1 spirit.
And it has incredible memory and storage sizes, albeit with Apple's insane price tags to boot.
The 16TB SSD option really surprised me. Will it have 4 modules?

edit:
And now the maxed out Mac Pro M2 is cheaper than the maxed out Mac Studio 😆 (even with wheels)

 

[Mac3Duser]

and what do you think about a good thinkstation P7?