Should I really avoid entry level road bikes?

[MartianDestiny]

Commuting.
Would any of these bikes really be good for that?

I prefer to commute on my 3k carbon road bike. Rarely is it not possible for me to ride it when I'm still willing to commute (I'm a bit of a fair weather commuter), and 99% of those instances are because I need to stop at a store and refuse to lock it to a rack.

Nice road bikes can be fine for commuting, depending of course on the commute.