Apple has discontinued the Mac Pro, and the company tells me it has no plans to offer future Mac Pro hardware.

Full story: https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/26/apple-discontinues-the-mac-pro/

Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future hardware - 9to5Mac

It’s the end of an era: Apple has confirmed to 9to5Mac that the Mac Pro is being discontinued. It has...

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@ChanceHMiller Aww, the graphic needs the little wheels
@joesteel @ChanceHMiller economically unfeasible in the current climate.
@joesteel @ChanceHMiller or a gif where it wiggles the legs trying to right itself
@ChanceHMiller which linux versions work best on a used Mac Pro?
@quoidian @ChanceHMiller Intel Macs? Pretty much anything. Apple Silicon only M1/M2 moderately well supported https://asahilinux.org/
Asahi Linux

@quoidian @ChanceHMiller Depending in the computer settings I use #linuxmint in a MacBookPro or #mxlinux and they are a perfect match

@ChanceHMiller that doesn't make sense. Why?

As an aside, I wish that someone other than apple.would do industrial design like Apple. There's no reason restrictive software has to be part of the deal.of buying premium well designed hardware. Imagine a solarpunk RYF certified, 10/10 ifixit rated Linux based prosumer computer

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If only #Apple made a desktop with their fancy CPU but fully replaceable parts…

@ChanceHMiller @stroughtonsmith The end of an era. Do you think the Studio is able to fill the Pro’s shoes ?

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Since the only PCI cards you could put in it were storage, it was kind of a lame duck anyway, right?