Mac Pro M2 review - Maybe a true modular Mac will come in a few more years
Apple has finally introduced its Apple Silicon Mac Pro. It is still a performance powerhouse, but most "Pro" users should get a Mac Studio instead.
After a mis-spent youth in the '80s as a service tech and salesperson at a now-closed Apple dealership, AppleInsider's Mike Wuerthele spent nearly a decade in the US Navy through the '90s as a submarine reactor chemist, where he routinely had to suffer through two Captains on the USS Hyman G Rickover (SSN-709) "borrowing" his MacWeek magazines before he got a chance to read them.
During his time in the Navy as a nuclear reactor water chemist, Mike was also instrumental in migrating the submarine fleet into the computer age, and assisted the US Army with its PowerMac G3 program. At the tail-end of his Navy service, he proposed a variant of the PowerMac G3 server program for the assorted military shipyards.
After his exit from the Navy, Mike spent 11 years in federal service as a commercial tech analyst, worked in an assortment of independent dealers, and supported a large swathe of Apple customers in the Washington DC area.
In 2012, he parlayed his experience discussing Apple and other tech companies with the federal government into a gig at MacNN and its sister site Electronista in 2012. Following the closure of those publications in July 2016, Mike moved over to AppleInsider as a content contributor. He is now the Managing Editor of AppleInsider.
Apple has finally introduced its Apple Silicon Mac Pro. It is still a performance powerhouse, but most "Pro" users should get a Mac Studio instead.
Apple's Mac Studio is the heir apparent for the "Pro" market, and the addition of the M2 processor to the line just solidifies that position even further.
The Apple Silicon Mac Pro is here two and a half years after the shift from Intel began, but it looks like the company only did it to say that they had.
The Jackery Solar Generator 3000 Pro provides off-grid power to run just about anything you want, where you want to do it — assuming you've got the ability to move around 70 pounds of battery.
Tysons Corner was the location of the very first Apple Store to open, and on its 22-year anniversary it opens again in a larger venue. Here's what it looks like inside — and out.
The Monduo 16-inch Pro Duo Display can turn your single-screen 16-inch MacBook Pro into a triple-screen productivity powerhouse, and it works well — but Apple users have some more flexible choices.
After over 30 years of Specialists and third parties supporting Apple in Vietnam, the company will be opening its first official online sales and support effort very soon.
The European Digital Services Act is about to be fully enforced, and as part of the law, Apple has been forced to disclose how many users it has in Europe for the first time in five years.
After pleading guilty to over $17 million in fraud, a former parts and services buyer has now been sentenced for his crime, and will be paying Apple and the IRS for the rest of his life.
In the latest chapter of the on-again off-again saga surrounding iPads larger than the existing iPad Pro, a new leaker suggests that a special version of iPadOS is being developed — but there's no reason for it to exist.
Apple's supply chain is rumored to be in the final mass production preparatory stages of the long-rumored Apple AR headset, with a "final push" underway to finalize techniques and assembly procedures.
Demonstrating a complete lack of understanding of the entire gaming market, UK's Competition and Markets Authority has officially declared that Microsoft buying Activision/Blizzard will result in reduced competition and won't be allowed.
As Google's fortunes have fallen, the company appears to have backed off construction of a San Jose, California "mega-campus" that it lobbied hard for, starting in 2019.
If a new rumor is correct, the MacBook Air will get a high-tech OLED screen at some point after a migration to the technology in the MacBook Pro and iPad.
A closer look at a cable said to be from Apple's AR headset has popped up from a well-known leaker, showing serialization and part numbers for the assembly.
After taking down the Apple Store to prepare, preorders have started for the yellow iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus.
With one change in iOS 16.4, Apple is making developer beta installation easier for registered developers, and harder for those that aren't.
After a detailed leak in early February, on Thursday, a prolific leaker revealed a more specific timetable for three new colors coming to at least the Beats Fit Pro.
After an update to the emoji spec in 2022, 31 new Emoji have been added to the iOS 16.4 beta.
SanDisk Professional's Pro-Blade SSD is a modular storage system that has good enough speed, and is reasonably compact, but it needs time to evolve and see greater adoption.
SiriusXM has been around for ages, and while the iPhone app streaming version is good, and five months after we originally published this review, the CarPlay version still needs to get better and not worse when updated.
OWC's Thunderbolt Go Dock offers excellent connectivity for road warriors without the need for a giant external power brick, but its port selection is a little low for the price.
The refresh of the 14-inch MacBook Pro brings with it a hefty performance increase, giving content creators serious power in a very portable form-factor.
The second Apple Silicon Mac mini has arrived two years after the line first migrated, and with the M2 processor, it remains the best computer for switchers, and for the computer as appliance crowd.
A prolific "leaker" hammered out missives about the iPhone 15 and iOS 17 — but the only problem is, it's all fake and speculation from a known fraud. Here's what we're going to do about it.
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