When Will An Apple Silicon Mac Pro Be Released? It Might Not Be Soon

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An Apple Silicon Mac Pro might not be released this year — falling short of Apple's original expectation of transitioning its entire product lineup to in-house silicon by 2022 — noted Apple leaker and reporter Mark Gurman said in an interview. The Mac Pro is the company's most expensive computer by a long shot. It starts at $5,599 for the base model, and as soon as a few of the components are upgraded, the price can compare to that of a new car. The computer remains in a strange place following the switch to Apple Silicon, as the computer's most compelling feature is its modularity. Since Apple Silicon is powered by a system-on-a-chip, no M-series chip can be swapped quite like the original computers.

Another consequence of Apple's shift to its own, in-house silicon is that the Mac Pro is nearly an impossible buy in 2022. It has exorbitant pricing, and since the M1 family was unveiled, it isn't even the most powerful computer in Apple's lineup. In many cases, the M1 Ultra inside the new Mac Studio will best the Mac Pro at a fraction of the cost. Only a tiny fraction of the company's audience is looking for the most powerful Mac with an Intel processor, and it's safe to assume that most customers are starting to switch to Apple Silicon. The Mac Studio is essentially a compact version of the Mac Pro.

Related: Apple's Mac Studio Is Like A Mini Mac Pro

When Apple first announced the transition to silicon in 2020, the company's executives boasted about the performance gains it could deliver while reducing power consumption and heat output. No one doubted that Apple could make great laptop chips — it had made mobile silicon that beat low-end laptop chips for years — but some questioned how the company could scale this up to