MP All Models Waiting for MacPro 8,1

[davidec]

M5 released and now we ask the question. Are we getting a MacPro M5 based machine early 2026? How long do we wait before we abandon ship and purchase PCIe expansions and move to Mac Studio? I'd like to think there's an update due in the next few months but given I am on a maxed out 2019 Intel and don't want to spend $ on the M2 I'm in limbo.

Curious for everyone's thoughts?

 

[avro707]

I would just wait and see.

No new Mac Pro is going to do what the 2019 could do, namely being able to run Windows natively and MacOS, plus you have up to 2.0TB RAM on the top models.

The M2 Mac Pro just is not worth it. Who knows what will come down the track.

At least for me, the two 7,1s I have are working fine and not a limitation.

 

[Regulus67]

I believe there is a good chance that a Mac Pro is coming.
Why?
Mac Studio M3 Ultra has already launched.
Reason?
A new Pro XDR Display seems to coming soon. In the past, Apple presented their top tier displays along a Mac Pro. And I assume that both will have Thunderbolt 5, without the need for Display Stream Compression (DSC).

I am not going to speculate on the specifics of the hardware. Because I am not in the Pro market.
I am just an enthusiast, who loves the Mac Pro 7,1. And I would like to avoid the “intelligence” stuff as much as possible.