AirPlay can't find my computer! Help, Airplay broken already?

On my iPhone and iPad, I can stream my music to my AirPort Express, but not to my actual computer (and hence, killer stereo).
Even at work (our Mac's are plugged into the stereo for the whole store to enjoy) but my iDevices can't see the computers to play through.
This defeats the entire purpose of Airplay for me.
I need it to stream to my stereos.

You guys don't have to be so pompous. I'm with the OP as well, I was hoping for this feature too. I don't think you can point the finger at us for thinking that a Mac could and would be an Airplay device. Its like bringing my CD collection to a friends house. I should be able to listen to MY music at their house. Read this part closely before you give pointless, automatic responses: I KNOW I can plug my iPhone into docks or hardwire it and play my music different ways in different locations, it would just be nice if the most advanced piece of Apple equipment I own could handle the simple task of operating as an Airplay device. Excuse us for assuming that it would be able to do that. Who cares if it "doesn't have the software to do that." You know how easy that would be to change? One puny update.
"Wishing, hoping, dreaming or thinking it will do something that was never announced is pointless."
We weren't. We're just guilty of assuming too much of our computers. IE: They would be one the promised "AirPlay" devices. Simple, disappointing, and not far fetched misunderstanding. Congratulations to the original poster for asking a simple question and getting ridiculed for it.

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