Between the limited upgradability of Apple Silicon and the power of Mac Studio, a Mac Pro doesn’t seem to have a place anymore.
Apple still has one Intel-based product to transition to Apple silicon: the Mac Pro. We think Apple may introduce it at WWDC in June, complete with a new M2 Ultra chip.
But it’s hard to imagine why a Mac Pro with Apple silicon even needs to exist, except for Apple to save face. What has always been a niche product has had its market squeezed even more by the Mac Studio. There may be people waiting for people to buy whatever an Apple silicon Mac Pro is, but it’s an even smaller number than those who bought the existing Mac Pro.
The latest rumors suggest that the Mac Studio won’t get its expected update–from the current M1 Max and M1 Ultra configurations to M2 Max and M2 Ultra–at WWDC. In fact, Apple may skip the M2 generation entirely, leaving the M2 Ultra as an exclusive chip for the Mac Pro and the M2 Maxas a MacBook Pro-only chip.
So why would Apple wait for the M3 to update Mac Studio? Probably because there would be very little to differentiate it from the Mac Pro. And that makes sense, but it begs the question: If Apple has to avoid updating Mac Studio to make the Mac Pro more appealing, why even make it at all?
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