Overview
- Mark Gurman reports Apple has largely written off the Mac Pro, with the model now on the back burner inside the company.
- Work on an M4 Ultra chip has been canceled along with the Mac Pro that would have used it, according to the report.
- The next high-end chip, M5 Ultra, is currently only targeted for a new Mac Studio, with coverage pointing to a 2026 launch window.
- Apple last updated the Mac Pro in June 2023 with the M2 Ultra, while the Mac Studio has continued to receive newer top-tier silicon.
- Reporting cites unified memory architecture and limited benefits from PCIe expansion as reasons the tower has grown redundant for many users, and Apple has not publicly confirmed any of these internal plans.