One of the most anticipated Apple products in recent years ended up being really weird: the Mac Pro with Apple Silicon. Many of us were waiting for a redesigned model, which would bring several configurations, which would be modular, with power never seen before…
What we have, however, is a Mac whose design has not changed, which it is not very modular and with only one chip available. It’s a Mac Studio with an M2 Ultra in the body of a Mac Pro. It’s weird, but the funniest part doesn’t end there. There is also something weird with the power supply.
The economy of scale prevails in these cases
The M2 Ultra chip requires power of around 300W. His trick here would be to include a 400W or 500W power supply to heal us a bit in health and that’s it. However, this Mac Pro includes the same as the Intel version, which supports a whopping 1280W. More than four times what is needed.
It has to do with economy of scale. Chances are the price difference between this power supply and a new one that Apple might manufacture for the Mac Pro with Apple Silicon is minimal. However, the cost of stopping production, prototyping, redesigning the production line and restarting is quite high. That’s the only reasonable reason why this could happen.
Still, if you decide to buy this new Mac Pro, at least you won’t have to worry about power draining. It is true that it will affect your electricity billso in that sense, maybe you should be a little careful.
In Applesphere | Apple MacBook Pro M2, analysis: experience and evolution
