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# The Six Colors Report Card
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/the-six-colors-report-card/
- Published: 2022-02-08T14:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-02-08T14:15:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Apple in 2021: The Six Colors report card](https://mt.sixcolors.com/images/content/2022/reportcard-22-preview/index.html?ref=birchtree.me)

> John Siracusa said, “Every new Mac Apple introduced in 2021 was a hit. The new MacBook Pros have rescued that product line after years of decline and dysfunction. The multi-colored 24-inch iMac is a breath of fresh air after nearly two decades of white and gray models. Though the transition is not yet complete, all the new and existing Apple Silicon Macs are great: quiet, cool, reasonably priced, and fast, fast, fast.”

Hard to argue with Mac hardware in 2021: as John says, it was hit after hit after hit.

This graph really stood out to me, too. For a company who very much sees themselves as a group trying to do good in the world, this narrative feels like it’s getting away from them.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/31/25312b2a-2d5b-4d01-ba92-e6755efc202c/content/images/2022/02/IMG_0984.jpeg)