Apple discontinues the Mac Pro and says it has no plans to offer future Mac Pro hardware

It's the end of an era: Apple has confirmed to 9to5Mac that the Mac Pro is being discontinued. It is being removed from Apple's website as of Thursday afternoon. The “buy” page on Apple's website …

9to5Mac 2026-03-27 Chance Miller

Context & Ripple Effects

Apple has previously wound down a professional desktop line: in 2021 it removed custom iMac Pro configurations from its store before confirming that the model would end when inventory was exhausted. The Mac Pro decision extends that pattern from a single product transition to the stated end of a hardware category.

The immediate significance is not merely a sales-page change. Apple is signaling that customers planning around a Mac Pro-specific upgrade path can no longer assume a successor will arrive.

First-order effects

Prospective Mac Pro buyers lose the ability to purchase the model as it is removed from Apple’s website, while the company’s stated position closes the prospect of a future Mac Pro release.
Organizations and professionals with Mac Pro refresh plans must reassess those plans without a named successor in the same product line.

Second-order effects

Procurement teams that treated the Mac Pro as a continuing platform will need to compare Apple’s remaining options or alternatives elsewhere, increasing the importance of workload and expansion requirements in purchasing decisions.
The move reinforces the precedent set when Apple confirmed the iMac Pro would be discontinued, making a dedicated professional-desktop roadmap less dependable for customers planning multiyear hardware cycles.

Third-order effects

If this approach persists, Apple’s desktop portfolio could become less segmented around dedicated professional-tier machines and more dependent on a smaller set of product categories.
For high-end workstation buyers, platform continuity—not just current specifications—may become a larger criterion in deciding how much to standardize on Apple hardware.

The trend: Apple’s retirement of the Mac Pro fits a broader rationalization of specialized professional desktop lines, with product-roadmap certainty becoming a key enterprise consideration.

Discussion

@markgurman Mark Gurman on x
NEW: Apple has discontinued the Mac Pro and has removed it from its website. They had been planning to do so for a while now.
@markgurman Mark Gurman on x
Apple has been telegraphing this the last month: 1) Mac Pros going out of stock at retail stores and online 2) Discontinuing the Pro Display XDR and naming of new Studio Display 3) Announcing it'll build Mac minis in Houston I had also written in December this was happening.
@tgod34748 @tgod34748 on x
@MKBHD and I both called it! Happened a lot sooner than I anticipated though. [image]
@dylanmcd8 Dylan on x
I wonder if we'll see some sort of expansion of Mac Studio now? Honestly even the Mac Studio is in a weird place... I believe the M5 Max MBP outperforms it now iirc.
@mweinbach Max Weinbach on x
RIP Mac Pro Mac Studio is better anyway, larger towers are a remanent of a time when they were required for high performance. For Apple, that hasn't been a requirement for 5 years. Can't wait for the updated Mac Studio, whenever that may be.
@rsgnl Joe Rossignol on x
@markgurman What you wrote: “That suggests the Mac Pro won't be updated in 2026 in a significant way.” To me, this reads as “right either way.” No update? Right. New chip? Not significant. Still right. I just feel like you don't have to always tell us you were first! Sorry to be …
@mkbhd Marques Brownlee on x
Called it. Studio is the new Pro. RIP
@dylanmcd8 Dylan on x
This is so sad... Mac Pro has been neglected by Apple many times over. I know it's a lower volume product these days but I was really hoping for a true Apple Silicon revamp with a special chip and special expansion capabilities for those who truly need it.
@heyitstippyxo @heyitstippyxo on x
There really was no reason for the Apple Silicon Mac Pro to exist. The Mac Pro was made for expansion. And with expansion extremely limited for Apple Silicon Mac's, it's a pointless product. Especially when the Studio serves the same performance needs for a fraction of the cost.
@mibproductions Isaac Brown on x
So the Mac Pro is now discontinued. That alongside the protest display XDR, it seems like Apple is really making a shift from their highest end hardware being known as pro hardware, tone, studio hardware. With the ultra chip Mac studio, I'm excited to see where this goes from
@bzamayo Benjamin Mayo on x
They finally did it. https://9to5mac.com/...
@markgurman Mark Gurman on x
I forgot to mention: pricing a brand-new Mac laptop at less than the Mac Pro's optional wheels.
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