"The Mac Pro is on the back burner. The phantom fruit-flingers of Silicon Valley launched the seven-thousand-buck Apple Silicon-based Mac Pro in June 2023, with an M2 Ultra SoC. It sported seven PCIe slots - but the problem was that cash-rich customers couldn't add the sorts of expansion that normally go into a PCIe slot."
"Presumably, this limited its appeal for many traditional buyers, and the machine never saw an M3 or M4 model, let alone the M5 SoC that The Register covered shortly before Bloomberg called the Arm64 cheesegrater's fate."
"This machine is a high-profile example, but the trend is inexorable. This is how the rest of the industry is going to go. The path to performance is increasing integration."
Apple has officially discontinued the Mac Pro, marking a significant change in its product lineup. The Mac Pro, launched in June 2023, featured an M2 Ultra SoC but lacked essential expansion capabilities, limiting its appeal. It did not support add-on GPUs or RAM expansion, which alienated traditional buyers. This discontinuation reflects a broader industry trend towards increased integration in computing, moving away from modular designs that characterized earlier systems like the original IBM PC.
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