Apple’s 2013 “Trash Can” Mac Pro, with its unique, cylindrical, thermal dead end design, has been added to Apple’s vintage and obsolete products list, along with multiple 2019 iMac and 2018 iPad Pro models.
Marko Zivkovic for AppleInsider:
It was designed to be different from the ground up, and it surely was — though not always in a good way, as the design wasn’t ideal for pro users. Despite its unique chassis and the fact that the cylindrical Mac Pro received hardware upgrades in 2017, Apple abandoned the design with the introduction of the 2019 Mac Pro, which marked a step back to the standard tower shape.
As for the iconic ‘Trash Can’ Mac Pro from 2013, the iPhone maker added the machine to its list of vintage products on July 11.
Apple considers one of its products “vintage” when it stopped distributing them for sale more than five years ago, and less than seven years ago. Once a product hasn’t been sold new for more than seven years, it’s then classified as “obsolete.” The company provides service and parts for vintage products for up to seven years, assuming the necessary parts are available.
MacDailyNews Take: Sayonara, Trash Can.
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One of Apple’s worst products.
One of Apple’s coolest products.
Both can be true. It was super-cool from an engineering and aesthetic perspective, but it missed the mark for pros.
Like other Apple products that get a bad rap because they don’t appeal to everyone or fit all cases, the trash can Mac in its day WAS a very good Pro machine for video editing. It also had a small-footprint, not to mention it was cool.