With the M2 Extreme, this would offer a beast of a machine with the following spec…Ĥ0-core CPU (32 performance cores and 8 efficiency cores) The Apple Silicon-powered Mac Pro is also expected to offer the option of the M2 Extreme, which is expected to be two M1 Ultra chips combined, just like the M1 Ultra is two M1 Max chips put together. This machine is expected to include a successor to the M1 Ultra chip used in the Mac Studio computer. But they scrapped that to wait for the M2 version.”Īpple has been testing a Mac Pro, codenamed J180. “They also had an M1 Mac Pro ready to go months ago. Interestingly, Mark Gurman revealed a tidbit about the Mac Pro development in his interview on YouTube with Vadim Yuriev, saying… Apple senior vice president of Hardware Engineering John Ternus went as far as confirming that a Mac Pro is coming 'another day' to clear up any confusion about the future of the Mac Pro product line. I seem to be just rambling as I'm not sure what your are looking for.At the Mac Studio launch event back in March 2022, Apple made it clear that the Studio was not a Mac Pro replacement. So like I said I don't have any issues with my setup. Even my sound libraries are on the internal SSD. I generally record to the internal SSD nowadays and it works fine for my purposes. I keep my system pretty clean and dedicated for Protools so I don't have a lot of software conflicts. I've done orchestras in the past and that is one time I used about 60 tracks of audio. I do bands (drum, bass, guitars, keyboards, vocals), as well as choirs and vocal ensembles.

I do use virtual instruments sometimes but mostly track audio for my projects. I don't do video, which I understand requires more RAM (about 32GB) which the current MacBook Pros only max out at 16 GB). I automate mixing and use Avid and 3rd party plugins. I use several different audio interfaces that I have over the years. I'm not a heavy power user and usually use about 20-30 tracks and a few plugins (compressors, reverbs, and EQ).

Protools on 2017 mac pro