Apple has officially discontinued the Mac Pro, and with it the $700 Mac Pro Wheels Kit is dead.
Yes, this sentence is still funny in 2026. It marks the end of one of the company’s most infamous desktop add-ons. For anyone who somehow missed this saga: The Wheels Kit was launched back in 2020 as an upgrade for the Mac Pro. This allowed you to add wheels for $400, but purchasing the standalone kit later would cost a whopping $700 since the base machine already had the standard feet. Apple also sold a separate $300 Feet kit for people who wanted to trade it back.
Why was this accessory immortalized?
The Mac Pro’s wheels were never about portability. They demonstrated Apple’s ability to value even the most mundane hardware as if it belonged in a luxury catalog. And to be fair, Apple has done this before. The company’s Pro Stand famously launched for $999, which remains one of the best “Wait, that’s just the stand?” of all time is. Moments in Consumer Technology.
Apple is still selling its polishing cloth for $19 because apparently even wiping a screen can be a premium experience.
Apple isn’t alone in the pantheon of overpriced accessories
Ridiculous accessories are not an Apple-exclusive genre. Tesla has sold a stainless steel Cyberwhistle for $50 that is exactly what it sounds like: a whistle. Nintendo also turned a must-have bedside accessory into a conversation piece with the $100 Alarmo alarm clock. We recently featured a leather-covered Apple Watch charger from Hermès that costs over $5,000.
HermèsThe wheels are gone, but the joke isn’t
Apple’s discontinuation means existing Mac Pro owners will no longer be able to purchase the official wheel or foot sets directly. Still, the larger story is symbolic. Apple’s $700 wheels always felt bigger than the product itself. They were a meme, a flex, and a reminder that luxury pricing in tech can turn almost anything into a punchline.
