In a post above you agree with someone who claimed Apple was 2 to 3 generations behind. Now you make the claim they are a generation and a half behind. I'm not sure how one could be 1/2 of a generation behind, but I digress. The Intel Core2Duo/Xeon Nehalem are current shipping CPU's. The i3/i5/i7 are however, made to replace the Core2Duo line.
If you do your research correctly, you will find that the first i7 was built from the microarchitecture code named, you guessed it, Nehalem! That's right the Xeon 55xx/35xx is made from the Nehalem microarchitecture and is the server version and the i7, made from the same microarchitecture, is the consumer version called Bloomfield.
But wait! There's more! Apple currently sells computers with Nehalem processors in them and has been since about Nov 2008-Jan 2009.
http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html
And they had them before anybody else.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/intels-xeon-3500-5500-series-officially-unveiled-for-servers-a/
Bonus info!
http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MB953LL/A?mco=MTM3NDc2NjA
What do you know, a Mac with a i5 or i7 CPU!
You were saying something about being generation and a half behind?
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