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Prebuilts are often cheaper due to the manufacturers selling bloatet crap as "preinstalled OEM Windows" where they get paid to include a bunch of unnecessary software into their images. That way, they can sell their PCs for cheaper while still making a profit.
They also get better parts prices than consumers if they buy bulk.
So things you can easily remove by resetting Windows, ok got it.
Yes, that has been the conventional wisdom for the last 20 or so years.
I think the argument is the Steam Machine won't get that advantage because it's running Linux out-of-the-box. There's still some stuff that could be bundled, but I expect it not to do so for money. I don't think the Deck does.