Anyone else think Steam Machines are going to be a massive flop?

[Alby_da_Wolf]

In favour of SteamOS:
1) Nobody forces the users to build just expensive SteamBoxes and users to buy just expensive ones
2) Users can build their own SteamBox downloading or getting in any other way SteamOS and following Valve's guidelines: http://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown It's still in beta, when it will be the definitive version I guess even installing will be simpler
3) It's Linux based, installing it in dual-boot with Windows will be an option in the custom install
4) It's Debian Linux based, so it will have a UNIFIED SW installer better than anything available for Windows, even for people building it themselves, after the initial effort, life will be easier each time they want to install a new game, they'll even be able to install many games simultaneously
5) Just like consoles, being streamlined for gaming, also low-end SteamBoxes will offer decent performances
6) Being a PC, with or without dual-boot it will offer PC versatility (that by no means requires a bloated Windows to be achieved, a PC with any recent OS is enough)
7) With PC-PS4-XBOne substantial HW unification, adding SteamOS porting to dev tools won't be terribly difficult
8) Valve could fund WineHQ, and give them the necessary infos, to better their emulator for the old games of which the potential sales wouldn't justify money and resources needed for a port, and just a few millions could be enough for a huge result
9) As PC gets smaller relatively to the whole IT market, the share of users tied to libraries of existing legacy Windows games and other Windows SW decreases, Windows is still near-monopolist of classic PC, but it's not necessary anymore for new users
10) Just like Vista after XP, Win 8 is a weak successor of Win 7, and even if Win 8 is far from being as bad as Vista when it was just launched, this time Linux is a lot more evolved towards user-friendliness, and what's more, a big gaming SW and services company is backing it.

We'll see, it won't be easy, but not an automatic flop, either, I'm curious about the outcome.