DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoCalled it months ago.www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkCalled it months ago.www.tomshardware.comDFX4509B@lemmy.wtf to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
So, I called it four months ago, but the Mac Pro is officially dead. Here’s the post in which I called that the Mac Pro was dead, only now it’s official and Apple’s discontinuing it.
minus-squareworhui@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoWith the increase in thunderbolt capacity and the lack of gpu cards there wasn’t a lot of use for the pci- slots in 2026. The new Mac studios really filled the needs for many that the Mac Pro targeted.
minus-squareDFX4509B@lemmy.wtfOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoEven PCs are leaning in that direction now, eg. with Strix Halo’s IGP legitimately beating some mid-range GPUs.
minus-squareworhui@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThis was a pro machine, so you’d be expecting only high end GPU’s to be slotted. However it won’t matter without drivers.
With the increase in thunderbolt capacity and the lack of gpu cards there wasn’t a lot of use for the pci- slots in 2026.
The new Mac studios really filled the needs for many that the Mac Pro targeted.
Even PCs are leaning in that direction now, eg. with Strix Halo’s IGP legitimately beating some mid-range GPUs.
This was a pro machine, so you’d be expecting only high end GPU’s to be slotted. However it won’t matter without drivers.