9to5Mac reported in late July that Apple is working on a new pro Display with an A13 Bionic processor inside that “will likely be a new model to replace the current Pro Display XDR in the future.” A display with a dedicated processor could bring enhanced graphics, Face ID, or always-on Siri support.
And it looks like Apple may be working on a new one that may be even more expensive. When Apple launched the Mac Pro in 2019, it had a pricey companion to go with it: a $5,000 Pro Display XDR with an optional $1,000 stand. We assume Apple will allow expansion slots on an M1 Mac Pro, but compatibility is a question. However, the Mac Pro has eight PCIe x16-sized slots that support many different types of PCIe cards, so you can easily add more ports. The ports likely won’t change either, as Apple already offers four USB ports (two Thunderbolt 3 and two USB 3) and a pair of ehernet ports. So if Apple doesn’t allow aftermarket memory, it’s also likely to limit the build-to-order options at checkout.Īpple currently offers up to 8TB of storage in the Mac Pro, and we expect the storage options to remain the same. The Mac Pro already starts at $5,999, but if you buy RAM through Apple it could add as much as $14,000 to the price. The unified memory is a big part of what makes the M1 Macs so fast, but tying the memory to the chip would drive up the purchase price significantly. The users who want such a machine demand customization options that MacBook and Mac mini users don’t necessarily need, so it’s possible that Apple offers slots like the Macs of old.īut more likely is a dramatic rethinking of what a Pro desktop is. We don’t know if Apple will take a similar approach with the Mac Pro, however. The RAM isn’t just soldered onto the motherboard on the M1 MacBook and iMac-it’s built directly into the chip, making it faster and more efficient. The current Intel Mac Pro offers up to 1.5TB of DDR4 ECC memory in 12 user-accessible DIMM slots, but the unified memory in the M1 Macs is quite different.
Nor do we know how long Apple will continue to sell non-Apple silicon Macs. The Intel-based Mac Pro models will continue to use AMD graphics, but no reports have surfaced that cover what possible upgrades are in store if any. The graphics could have 64 or 128 processing cores-that’s a huge increase from the eight graphics cores in Apple’s M1 SoC used in the Mac mini, 24-inch iMac, MacBook Air, and 13-inch MacBook Pro. The Apple silicon Mac Pro will use the graphics on the SoC instead of graphics cards by AMD, according to Gurman.
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