Finally the Mac Pro will make the transition!
This 2023 will be an exciting year for Apple thanks to the launch of the long-awaited augmented reality headphones. However, and according to a lengthy report shared by Mark Gurman in his Power On column, the importance of the new device will overshadow the rest of the company’s products, including the Mac Pro.
If in recent years Apple has given everything to update its range of computers, they have left aside the Mac Pro, which is currently the only computer in the range with an Intel processor instead of the new Apple Silicon. And Gurman’s report predicts minimal updates this year.
My more power nor better design
According to some leaks, Apple was aiming to launch a Mac Pro with 48 CPU cores and 152 graphics cores, but that idea eventually changed in favor of a version with the M2 Ultra processor. Apparently, the option of a chip that was too complex and difficult to manufacture would have considerably increased the price of the product.
If the internal updates aren’t pretty, the design isn’t any better. This year’s Mac Pro will be identical to the 2019 model. As well one key feature of the Intel version is missing: user-upgradable RAM, because the memory is directly linked to the motherboard of the M2 Ultra. Although it has two SSD and storage slots for graphics, multimedia and network cards.
Initially, it was thought that Apple might introduce a Mac Pro with M2 Pro and M2 chips last year, but supply issues affected the roadmap.
For its part, the new MacBook Pros which will be presented in the first half of this year, They will have the same designs and features as the current 14-inch and 16-inch models, but will include the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips.
For those wondering about the date of a 24-inch iMac spec updatethe answer this 2023 will not be known. Industry analysts predict this will go hand-in-hand with the launch of the M3 chip, which could happen in the last quarter of 2023 at best, although it will most likely continue until 2024.
