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Mac Pro could have been vastly more powerful than the Mac Studio

AppleInsider • Sun, 19 Jul 2026

Apple has dropped the Mac Pro entirely, but for a time it was planning to keep it at the top of the range, giving it twice the processing power of the company's Ultra chips — and maybe even one last Intel model. The much-missed Mac Pro The once beloved Mac Pro went out with a whimper in March 2026 as Apple discontinued it. But according to Bloomberg , there had originally been big plans for its future. What eventually caused the end of the Mac Pro was how powerful the much more cost-effective Mac Studio was. From early on in the development of Apple Silicon , though, the plan was reportedly that the Mac Studio could get Apple's Ultra processors, but the Mac Pro would get more. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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The much-missed Mac Pro The once beloved Mac Pro went out with a whimper in March 2026 as Apple discontinued it.

But according to Bloomberg , there had originally been big plans for its future.

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