The End of the Mac Pro
From MacRumors: Mac Pro Discontinued: Reflecting on 20 Years of Apple’s Desktop Tower
I was never a Mac Pro owner. I did get to experience “buying” one once. While I was working as a video editor for a local videography studio, I finally convinced my boss to give Final Cut Pro a shot, and he handed me the business credit card and told me to drive down to the Apple Store in Omaha and pick up whatever Mac Pro they had in stock.
By the time the Mac Pro moved to Apple silicon, Apple had already released the Mac Studio, another desktop computer that is smaller than a Mac Pro but beefier than a Mac mini.
This was always an odd naming scheme in my opinion. If you had told me 10 years ago that Apple would have a Mac Pro and a Mac Studio, I’d assume the giant Mac Mini was the new Pro (following the trash can) and the giant tower was the Studio… you know, studios requiring something bigger and better than everyday pros. Dropping the Mac Pro from the lineup further confuses things; we have MacBooks Pro but no Macs Pro. The Studio name is just off on its own. Like the Neo. Guess it’s perfect that these are the two Macs I own.
And before you ask, yes, I do have my Mac Studio in a 3D-printed Mac Pro case, because it’s adorable:
