Apple Officially Discontinues the Mac Pro With No Plans for Future Models

Apple has officially discontinued the Mac Pro, marking the end of the line for its most expandable desktop computer. The company removed the machine from its website this afternoon and confirmed to 9to5Mac that it has no plans to develop future Mac Pro hardware.



Visitors attempting to access the Mac Pro purchase page are now automatically redirected to the main Mac storefront. The quiet removal closes the chapter on a product line that last saw a hardware refresh in June 2023. That final update brought the M2 Ultra chip to the system but kept the $6,999 starting price and the same aluminum tower design introduced in 2019. The companion Pro Display XDR, which launched alongside the 2019 tower, was also discontinued earlier this month in favor of the newer Studio Display XDR.


The Mac Pro has occupied an increasingly awkward spot in Apple's catalog since the transition to custom silicon. While the 2019 Intel model was praised for bringing back modularity and PCIe expansion slots, the architecture of Apple's M-series chips essentially eliminated the ability to upgrade graphics cards or add aftermarket RAM. This left the Mac Pro with the exact same processing capabilities as the much smaller and less expensive Mac Studio, with its only real advantage being a larger frame for specialized network or storage cards.

Apple is now positioning the Mac Studio as its definitive high-end desktop workstation. The machine currently tops out with the M3 Ultra chip and is widely expected to receive an M5 Ultra processor in an upcoming refresh. To compensate for the loss of internal expansion, Apple has been building out external connectivity solutions. The recent release of macOS Tahoe 26.2 introduced a low-latency feature that leverages RDMA over Thunderbolt 5. This addition allows professionals at the ultra-high end of the market to connect multiple Macs together to scale performance without needing a massive desktop tower.

With the Mac Pro officially retired, Apple's desktop roster is now streamlined to three models: the 24-inch iMac, the Mac mini, and the Mac Studio. The laptop side mirrors this tiered approach following the recent introduction of the $599 MacBook Neo, which sits beneath the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. The Mac Pro was notably the only Apple device still manufactured in the United States, but the company recently confirmed it will begin assembling the Mac mini at a newly expanded facility in Houston later this year to maintain its domestic production footprint.