Storage, too, should get an upgrade, given that 256GB (admittedly upgradable) will be rapidly consumed by those working with very large files. The processor will obviously get a bump up to the current generation, and we’d expect to see more - and faster - RAM. Another change might be to add a Lightning connector to allow headphones to be plugged in for hi-res audio. New Mac Pro specification rumoursīack in 2016 when the new Mac Pro was heavily rumoured, it was expected that it would feature 10 USB ports (up from four USB and six Thunderbolt), but Apple may instead opt for 40Gbps Thunderbolt 3 which can accommodate USB-C. Consider whether you really need the power of a Mac Pro before you splash out more money than you need to. Two of our top 10 cost less than a grand the most expensive machine in our chart is £1,675.

The Mac Pro is a machine for people who need workstation-level performance, and that is not most consumers.įor consumers who just want more power than what they have now, we’ve rounded up some of the best Windows desktop PCs, machines that are easily capable of VR and intensive gaming, in this separate article. It remains quite the beast, but it’s getting very long in the tooth - and the fact is most people really don’t need to spend this amount on a PC. The newer iMac Pro, which includes the display of course, starts at £4,899/$4,999. That’s just for the PC itself, and you’ll still need to buy your monitor and other peripherals separately. The current Mac Pro starts at £2,999/US$2,999 with a 3.5GHz Intel Xeon E5 hexa-core processor, 16GB of DDR3 RAM, 256GB of flash storage and dual AMD FirePro D500 GPU. Still, the Mac Pro was - and still is - expensive, so we wouldn’t like to see Apple push the price significantly higher. It’s Apple’s usual style to introduce new hardware updates at the same price as the previous generation, but this is more tricky when you’re talking about kit that costs several thousand pounds and has some significant jumps in its specification.

When is the new Mac Pro coming out?Īccording to TechCrunch, Apple has confirmed the new Mac Pro will be released in 2019.

Apple is starting over from scratch with the next instalment of the Mac Pro, and that explains why we've been waiting so long: the last Mac Pro release was in December 2013 (though it was announced in June of that year).

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