GoKawiilApple has discontinued the Mac Pro, its most expandable workstation. Mentions of the system are being scrubbed from the company's website and online store.
Apple confirmed to 9to5Mac that it no longer has plans to produce the hardware.
For many onlookers, this isn't a huge surprise. Apple has had the Mac Pro on ice since its move to Apple Silicon in 2023. The tower has been stuck with the M2 Ultra ever since. The smaller Mac Studio has since taken over as the company's flagship workstation with options for the M3 Ultra and M4 Max last year.
The Mac Pro's last design refresh was in 2019, when the system still boasted Intel Xeon processors. The Mac Pro has a small but dedicated following, but it was clearly Apple's lowest volume Mac and, starting at $6,999.99, was far more expensive than the Studio.
The Mac Pro was unique from the rest of the Apple Silicon lineup in that it continued to allow for expansion through PCIe slots. Apple seemingly kept the Mac Pro around to support video and sound editors who needed specialized add-in cards or a lot of extra storage. The M2 Ultra doesn't support external graphics, so you can't use a dedicated GPU.
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The system has had a number of iconic form factors, including the long-lived "cheese grater" design of the original (similar to the Power Mac G5) and the bold "trash can" design that ultimately had issues with thermals (and, ironically, expandability).
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