TL;DR: Apple surprise-revealed an all-new Mac Pro at WWDC Monday. It’s slated for release on Tuesday, June 13, and you can pre-order it ahead of time through the Apple Store starting at — wait for it — $6,999.
(opens in a new tab)
(opens in a new tab)
In one of the better-kept secrets from this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple unveiled a next-generation Mac Pro during its keynote presentation Monday — its first update in four years, complete with all-new Apple silicone.
And if you thought the company’s just-announced Vision Pro augmented reality headset was silly at $3,499, buckle up: This new Mac Pro starts at $6,999. It’s a behemoth of a desktop designed specifically for advanced power users and creative professionals who can afford to splurge on a workstation for demanding tasks like video editing and 3D rendering. (If you’re a plebeian document-typer or Twitter-scroller, look into the new 15-inch MacBook Air instead.)
The star of the Mac Pro’s spec sheet is the new M2 Ultra chip Apple debuted alongside it at WWDC 2023, which has a 24-core CPU, up to 76-core GPU, and up to a chunky 192GB of memory with 800GB/s of unified memory bandwidth. (This makes it up to three times faster than its Intel-based predecessor, Apple said.) You’ve got seven PCle expansion slots to work with, including six that support PCIe Gen 4, which opens it up to heavy customizing. It also sports three USB-A ports, two higher-bandwidth HDMI ports, a headphone jack, and eight Thunderbolt 4 ports — that’s double the amount built into the older Intel model.
For all that, though, the new Mac Pro still looks like a cheese grater. Can’t win ’em all.
You can take your pick from two configurations, both of which were immediately available for preorder ahead of an official release date of June 13:
Where to buy the new Apple Mac Pro
The new Mac Pro is available for preorder exclusively in the Apple Store for now.
The cheapest version (relatively speaking) has a stainless steel frame with a vertical tower enclosure that’s propped up off the ground by four little feet. Its base configuration retailing for $6,999 has an M2 Ultra chip with a 24-core CPU, a 60-core GPU, and a 32-core Neural Engine, plus 64GB of unified memory and 1TB of SSD storage. You can upgrade it with wheels, a 76-core GPU, 128GB or 192GB of memory, and a bigger storage capacity of 2TB, 4TB, or 8TB.
For those curious, the maxed-out version with all the fixings will run you $12,199. (Screaming, crying, throwing up, etcetera.)
Opens in a new tab
Meanwhile, a new Mac Pro with a horizontal rack-mounted enclosure and those same base specs starts at $7,499. If you go all-in on a maxed-model with a 76-core GPU, 192GB of memory, and 8TB of storage, you’re looking at a total cost of $12,299.
…Did I mention you’ll have to buy a display separately?
Opens in a new tab
