Well... you said you can build an entire PC in just an hour...
But is it possible that might be a bit of an exaggerated speed for the entire process involved in building a machine?
I mean I'm just trying to imagine myself shopping online and figuring all the parts and components I want to order, which would probably involve reading several technical articles, etc...
just to make sure different components and RAM place nice with other components, etc...
I would probably have to learn some new concepts, so that would take some reading time on Wikipedia and other sites as well, and probably flipping through that giant book "Building and Upgrading PC's"...
I'd probably also want to watch a few youtube-how-to videos as well.
For example, I've never installed a processor on the motherboard with that thermal paste, so I'd certainly watch a couple of videos of that.
After that, there would be the actual time of assembling all the hardware in the case... tiewrapping and organizing the wires inside...
Formatting the new hard-drive, installing the OS, tweaking the annoying UFI BIOS.
Undoubtedly, if I was putting this together, there would be some troubleshooting involved, the way my luck goes!
So honestly... it's hard for me at least, to see that as being just a 1 hour investment of time.
In CONTRAST:
about a year and a half ago, I found an ASUS desktop, 3.7 GHz, 64 bit quad core, 12 gigs of RAM, on sale at Best Buy during the Christmas season for only $450 tax included!
I didn't hesitate and immediately bought 2 of those machines (one for my girlfriend, and one for me) put it in my trunk, drove it home, and turned it on!
But even then I spent about 10 hours setting up those machines!
I had to customize Windows for the both us. Install all of our standard and needed software. Uninstall a bit of crapware that Asus put on the system (although it was not much really).
After all that was done, I then finally cloned each computer in it's perfected state, with all our needed software, so that way if we got malware, I could just restore reclone.
But that is 10 hours I would have to also do on my own machine even if I built it myself.
So again, I don't really see this as taking just "1 hour or so", whether it's store bought or hand assembled, getting a new computer can be a time consuming (but fun!) affair, mixed with moments of troubleshooting frustration when you realize some software doesn't run properly!