If you’ve been hankering for the high-end that is Apple’s Mac Pro desktop tower you’re in luck. Over at WWDC on Monday, Apple announced its new Mac Pro tower.
The new desktop is based on the new M2 Ultra chip, which offers a 24-core CPU, up to a 76-core GPU, and support for up to 192GB of Unified Memory. Apple says the new Mac Pro is up to three times faster than the fastest Intel-based Mac Pro.
The new desktop offers the same overall design as the previous Intel model, and now includes, eight Thunderbolt 4 ports instead of four, two higher-bandwidth HDMI ports that support up to an 8K display at 240Hz, seven PCIe expansion slots, dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports, and a headphone jack that supports impedance headphones. A rack-mounted version of the Mac Pro remains available from $7,499.
Like the new Mac Studio, the current MacBook Pro, and the current Mac mini models, the new Mac Pro supports the faster Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 protocols.
The unit is available to order starting today, and it will begin arriving to customers and launch in stores on Tuesday, June 13. In the U.S., pricing starts at $6,999, whereas the previous Intel-based Mac Pro started at $5,999.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.