- Apple has officially discontinued the Mac Pro
- The company reportedly has no plans for a new version in the future
- TechRadar readers say its $700 wheel is the worst Apple product ever
It’s official: Apple has killed the Mac Pro. The company’s flagship desktop Mac — a maxed-out model that could cost over $50,000 — is no longer available for sale on Apple’s website, with the Mac Pro page redirecting to the general Mac website.
And according to 9to5Mac, this isn’t just an error on the site — the outlet claimed that Apple confirmed to it that the Mac Pro has been permanently discontinued. We say “permanent” because 9to5Mac also claimed that Apple said it has no further plans for future Mac Pro hardware. That’s about as definitive as it gets.
The Mac Pro’s last update came in 2023, and with only three revisions in the past 14 years, it’s been clear for some time that the Mac Pro was low on Apple’s priority list. And while a new M4 Ultra model was rumored for 2025, it never materialized. The lack of updates suggested that sales numbers were meager and apparently Apple felt it wasn’t worth developing it further with new chips and features given the minimal public interest.
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Even before it was cancelled, the Mac Pro was in an awkward place. Despite starting at $6,999 / £7,199 (around AU$10,160), it was outsold by the Mac Studio, which at $1,999 / £2,099 / AU$3,499 cost less than a third of the Mac Pro’s price. But with an outdated M2 Ultra compared to the Mac Studio’s M3 Ultra, the Mac Pro’s appeal was largely limited to its superior expandability – but that alone struggled to justify the price difference.
The curse of the $700 wheels
Despite its top-tier features and eye-popping price tag, the Mac Pro was sometimes overshadowed by its own accessories. Specifically, the base model came on a set of four static legs, but these could be supplemented with a pack of four wheels that would allow you to move it around. The problem? These four wheels were priced at a whopping $699 / £699 / AU$1,049.
It quickly set social media on fire with the idea that it was a symbol of Apple’s pricing tendencies quickly gaining traction. It was an idea that Apple struggled to shake – even as the company released huge value-for-money offerings like the Mac mini and MacBook Neo in the years since – and came to tarnish the Mac Pro in the public eye.
In fact, we conducted a survey in the official TechRadar WhatsApp channel asking users to name the worst Apple product of all time. The winner (if you can call it that) was none other than the $699 Mac Pro wheelset, which took a whopping 56% of the vote (we’ll reveal the full results this weekend).
Our readers are not alone. Over on Reddit, users sarcastically lamented the death of the expensive wheelset. “End of an era,” said one commenter, while another humorously claimed, “I picked some up yesterday, willing to sell them for $2,500 a wheel. DM me if interested.”
Clearly, the wheels were seen as a huge misstep by Apple. And when the Mac Pro comes to an end, perhaps the almighty computer will be judged the same way. Although it had a dedicated audience, it always struggled to justify its own existence. Now it has been consigned to history, seemingly forever.
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