Apple’s two-year transition to its own silicon is finally over, except for one product: the Mac Pro. Another one that isn’t part of the Mac silicon transition but users are eager to know where it’s heading next is the Pro Display XDR.
Both of these products were introduced by Apple during the WWDC19 and were aimed at the most demanding customers. Here’s a roundup of Apple’s plans for the next Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR.
It was in November of 2020 that Apple started the two-year transition to its own silicon. The company concluded it by March of 2022, after introducing the new Mac Studio, which 9to5Mac exclusively reported on.
By the end of the Peek Performance event, Apple also teased that a Mac Pro with its own silicon is also in the works, although the company didn’t have anything else to share at the moment.
Bloomberg has been reporting since last May that Apple is working on an all-new Mac Pro with 40 cores.
About the Mac Pro design, Bloomberg says it is “expected to look like a smaller version of the current design.” Even with some M2 Macs now available, it’s still not clear when Apple plans to talk more about the Mac Pro.
What about the Pro Display XDR?
In July of 2021, 9to5Mac exclusively reported that Apple has been working on a new external display with a dedicated A13 chip and also a Neural Engine, which we now know it’s the Studio Display.
9to5Mac also exclusively reported that Apple is in the works on another display, this time, it could replace the Pro Display XDR with a 7K panel.
Analysts Ming-Chi Kuo and Ross Young have different views of what the Pro Display XDR could feature, as we reported in March.
Wrap up
With the powerful M-series chips and the new Studio Display, the most demanding users are eager to discover how Apple will revamp its most premium products with the Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR next generations.
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