Filling the PC Desktop - Workstation Void.

[Dr. Benway]

Hey, Doc. With your specs you could run OS X

Exactly, a Hackintosh.

[Netguru]

Exactly, a Hackintosh.

Not necessarily. VirtualBox from Oracle (virtualbox.org) is reported to be able to run OS X on a Windows 7 computer.

[Bertzie]

You're close. Some of the components we are using are higher end than what you added up. By my calcs the system you put together would cost about $2350 in components for DIY and would be about $2850 from us.

Which components would you switch out?

[cgbier]

Not necessarily. VirtualBox from Oracle (virtualbox.org) is reported to be able to run OS X on a Windows 7 computer.

It does, albeit too slow for video editing.

[Netguru]

It does, albeit too slow for video editing.

Sorry to hear that. I had high hopes that it would.

[Krane]

At least in the corporate world, these 40-50% are worth it to the buyer.
Are you sure you'll be Abel to match HP or Dell's after sales service for workstations?

These are the Walmarts of the computer world. No Mom and Pop can come close on price. Nevertheless, Mom and Pop businesses can still exist and survive by catering to the right market and specializing in areas where Walmart cannot.

Additionally, not everyone has the mean or desire to build their own computer. And even if they did, theres no guaranteed way to tell if all the part will work together they way you intend. Therefore, that will always be the advantage of a prebuilt. I've know may people who have built their cars--and are always working on them.

Specialization is the key here folks. Like the folk who started Alienware, if the OP can specialize and cater to the right market, he can make this work.