The very first sentence of the article: "Will Apple turn to Intel for production of its M-series chips in 2027? " So it is not returning to Intel architecture.

Perhaps the headline should have been changed when the post was made here.

Or people should read beyond the headline before commenting

“Intel-manufactured Apple Silicon could return to Apple’s computers in 2027”

Dirt cheap M1's?

M1’s already dead, A18 Pro’s where it’s at for that.

The budget MacBook due next year is widely rumored to adopt the A18 Pro CPU.

> https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/30/new-macbook-with-a18-ch...

Lots of rumors about a new Macbook with a Axx chip in the pipe.

They're talking about Intel fabbing Apple Silicon chips, not going back to x86.