Apple bet on a dual-GPU design (multiple smaller GPUs, with “pro”-level performance coming from parallel processing) but the industry has gone entirely in the other direction (machines with one big GPU). The idea that expansion could be handled almost entirely by external Thunderbolt peripherals sounded good on paper, but hasn’t panned out in practice. But that tight integration made it hard to update regularly. It was tightly integrated internally, which allowed for some very nice features: it was small and beautiful (a pro machine that demanded placement on your desk, not under your desk) and it could run whisper quietly. The company admitted that its 2013 model approach hasn’t been as upgradable in practice as it had hoped.Īt some point came to the conclusion that the 2013 Mac Pro concept was fundamentally flawed. The company explained that it is rethinking its Mac Pro approach and plans to unveil a new modular model sometime in the future. In early 2017, Apple made a handful of announcements regarding the product.

After letting the Mac Pro become stagnant since 2013, Apple has finally unveiled the new version.

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