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You're forgetting that it's just a computer, and can it can be reformatted, and you can install any OS on it to do anything with it. It's not locked to the Steam Store in any way. It's not like a console where they can sell it at a loss and make money on games later because console companies make it impossible for you to use it as a normal computer. Steam does not.
And yet someone who buys a steam branded computer is specifically highly likely to buy more games from steam. Yes, feel free to buy a cheaper computer with the same specs and never buy from steam ever. You're not the target of this product.
It doesn't matter who they're "targeting". If they sell it at a loss because it's more powerful than it costs, people who don't care at all about Steam will purchase it as a computer to run emulators or normal software. They are not going to do this.