Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future hardware

Re:Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future h... by DeathArrow on Friday March 27, 2026 @04:08AM (#47540101)

Still, running 2 to 4 5090 will beat anything Apple has to offer for both inference and training.

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Re:Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future h... by Tsiklon on Friday March 27, 2026 @07:55AM (#47541610)

That won’t work for the home hobbyist 2.4KW of GPU alone plus a 350W threadripper pro with enough PCIe lanes to feed them. You’re looking at close to twice the average US household electricity circuit’s capacity just to run the machine under load.

A cluster of 4 Apple’s M3 ultra Mac studios by comparisons will consume near 1100W under load.

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Re:Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future h... by bluedino on Friday March 27, 2026 @09:43AM (#47542571)

I mean if a hobbyist can run a welder or cnc machine in their home workshop...

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Re:Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future h... by mitjam on Friday March 27, 2026 @11:03AM (#47543491)

I would say 1-2 RTX 6000 Pro maxQ are more practical.

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