The Mac Pro Reborn… And It Really Is For Pros

You may not be able to afford it, but the Mac is back on the workstation map

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C lever as 2013’s cylindrical Mac Pro was, flexibility was limited, and by 2017 Apple was talking about its replacement. That in itself suggested a willingness to listen, and the machine finally unveiled by Tim Cook at WWDC really is what pro users had demanded: a traditional modular tower – with a few twists. The industrial ‘cheesegrater’ grille on the front and back of the one-piece aluminium sleeve, reportedly based on an older Apple prototype, unites the Mac Pro and its companion Apple Pro Display XDR while solving airflow challenges for both.