Mac Studio may never get updated, because new Mac Pro is coming

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Apple’s introduction of the M2 Professional and M2 Max in January, in addition to a spec-bump improve to the Mac mini, could not essentially be adopted by related updates to the Mac Studio. With Apple keen to deliver out an Apple Silicon Mac Pro, it’s reckoned the Mac Studio’s refresh with an M2 Extremely chip could also be delayed, and even stopped from being launched.

The New Mac Pro with Apple Silicon is predicted to launch within the spring, full with the M2 Extremely chip. Nevertheless, the prospect of two Macs utilizing M2 Extremely could also be an issue for Apple, as one may cannibalize the gross sales of the opposite.

In accordance with Mark Gurman in his “Energy On” publication for Bloomberg, the Mac Professional is comparable in performance to the Mac Studio, and subsequently it “would not make sense” for Apple to supply each an M2 Extremely Mac Studio and an M2 Extremely Mac Professional on the similar time.

“It is extra possible that Apple both by no means updates the Mac Studio or holds off till the M3 or M4 technology,” Gurman writes. By then, Apple can have a chance to “higher differentiate” the Mac Studio from the Mac Professional.

The Mac Professional was previously expected to have an “M2 Excessive” chip, which successfully mixed two M2 Extremely chips into one piece of silicon, nevertheless it was culled in December over supposed manufacturing issues.