Apple Shelved Two Mac Pro Models, Including an Intel-Based One

Apple developed 2 Mac Pro models successful caller years that ne'er made it to market, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.


In his latest "Power On" newsletter, Gurman revealed that Apple internally developed 2 unreleased Mac Pro projects codenamed J170 and J190 earlier yet discontinuing the instrumentality altogether.

As for caller Mac Pro hardware, determination were 2 further models developed by Apple that ne'er saw the airy of day: J170 and J190. The erstwhile was a caller Intel Corp. Mac Pro (yes, adjacent erstwhile Apple was making its ain silicon) to code definite uses. The second was an M3 Ultra mentation that was expected to motorboat alongside the M3 Ultra Mac Studio successful aboriginal 2025.


J170 was seemingly a caller Intel-based Mac Pro, which is notable due to the fact that Apple had already completed its modulation to Apple silicon by the clip the task was successful progressive development. Gurman did not specify what "certain uses" the Intel exemplary was meant to address, but its beingness suggests Apple explored keeping an x86 enactment live for circumstantial nonrecreational workflows adjacent years into the Apple silicon era.

J190, meanwhile, was said to beryllium an M3 Ultra-equipped Mac Pro that was expected to motorboat alongside the M3 Ultra Mac Studio successful aboriginal 2025, but Apple shelved it earlier release. It would person paired the aforesaid spot recovered successful that ‌Mac Studio‌ with the Mac Pro's unique-to-the-lineup PCIe enlargement slots.

Neither exemplary shipped, and Apple discontinued the Mac Pro entirely this year, ending its 20-year run. The Mac Pro had been near connected the aging M2 Ultra spot from 2023 portion the ‌Mac Studio‌ continued to person refreshes, and it was priced astir treble that of a likewise configured ‌Mac Studio‌ contempt offering fundamentally the aforesaid performance.

The J170 and J190 cancellations adhd to a increasing database of shelved Mac Pro plans. Apple had besides developed "Extreme" spot variants, processors with doubly the CPU and GPU cores of Apple's Ultra chips, for a aboriginal Mac Pro earlier winding down those projects implicit outgo and request concerns.

Gurman said helium does not expect Apple to bring backmost the Mac Pro "anytime soon — if ever." Apple is alternatively expected to refresh the ‌Mac Studio‌ with M5 Ultra chips arsenic aboriginal arsenic this fall.
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