Apple this "past summer" canceled the development of a high-performance Mac chip that would have consisted of four smaller chips

The M4 Pro is 84 percent faster than the M4 in the PugetBench Premiere Pro video benchmarks, and the M4 Max is an extra 39 percent faster on top of that. (Of course, the large amount of RAM in our test units is also pulling extra weight with video and photo work.)

MacBook Pro M4 delivers where it counts—impressive performance, improved connectivity, and fantastic battery life—all at a better value.

Apple last updated the Mac Pro with the M2 Ultra chip in June 2023. Below, we outline when to expect the high-end desktop tower to be updated next.

A new report suggests that history may be about to repeat itself, and that a planned Extreme chip for a future Mac Pro model may also now be in doubt. In the worst case, that could be no true new Mac Pro for years to come