In today’s edition of the Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman reiterates his reporting that plans for a high-spec Apple Silicon Mac Pro have been canceled.
Top comment by LeonardoM
Seriously? Why even bother??
So basically the Mac Studio is as powerful as a Mac can get now, except for storage size.
I wonder: what's the point buying this "new" Mac Pro if we can compensate with external storage in the Mac Studio?
In light of this, I think that either it'll be a gap-mac while Apple refines a much more powerful M-extreme with expandable ram capabilities etc, or.... well, there is no "or", actually. Again, what would be the point to have two products almost identical in power, for the exact same user base?
Moreover, Gurman says the Apple Silicon Mac Pro (featuring merely an M2 Ultra chip) will also look identical to the current Intel Mac Pro, so customers should not expect any major design change. The product will also not support expandable RAM, as the Apple Silicon architecture means all memory is tied to the M2 chip.
In terms of expandability, users should expect to be able to upgrade SSD size, GPU, and networking capabilities. This will be the main selling point compared to the forthcoming M2 Ultra Mac Studio, which does not allow for any expandability.
Gurman says the machine has two spare SSD slots, in addition to slots for graphics, media, and networking.
Despite missing its original 2022 window, the M2 Mac Pro should be expected to launch before the end of the year.
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