Retail computers are a tough business because of the need to stock rapidly depreciating inventory. There was a big market for doing it better and cheaper (chie

Retail computers are a tough business because of the need to stock rapidly depreciating inventory. There was a big market for doing it better and cheaper (chiefly through having less retail inventory, forgoing some of the instant gratification); see Dell and Gateway and the web. There is a market for doing it better and more expensive; see Apple. There is a market for overpaying for instant gratification and somebody to provide you marginal advice; see Best Buy. If your fundamental disagreement is against the concept of overpaying for instant gratification and a bit of hand holding, there are many better targets that meet your complaint. I'd probably start with restaurants, for you can cook at home for a lot less in 20 minutes and it's a relatively simple thing that restaurants charge so much for. Yet people seem pretty ok with the opportunity to sometimes trade their hard earned cash for somebody else to do it for them.