Above are three Point of Sale All-In-One Touch Units. They all look remarkably similar.
Actually they are the same die cast aluminium casing with PCT Touch screens and LCD customer displays.
- Which one is faster?
- Does one have more RAM?
- What about HDD or SSD?
- Windows? Linux? Android?
- Which one is going to be best for your grandmother's little corner shop making 100 sales a day?
- Which one of them is best for the fast paced restaurant taking 2,000 orders per service?
- Why doesn’t the one you bought on the cheap off Gumtree perform the same as the one you saw in the showroom?
Unfortunately POS Units all look alike.
You don’t know what is actually “under the hood” unless you have access to the specifications of the POS..
Why do POS manufacturers do this?
Usually because they are building to a price point. The more you pay, the more higher specification devices they are prepared to use. To get a lower price point, they will use cheaper / slower RAM, or a slower Mother Board, a smaller capacity drive, not include bluetooth or wifi, and so on…
When we do a demonstration in our showroom, we will of course be using high end equipment designed to show you the full capabilities of OscarPOS Cloud.
When you start your discussion with us on your future POS System, we will ask all sorts of questions to gauge the type of hardware that is suitable for your business. This will be used with your budget to best meet your needs. Unfortunately, a lot of business owners leave their POS until the last minute and will work to a price point – sacrificing performance as a direct result.
Budget as much as you can for your POS hardware.
As your business grows, the demands on your POS hardware will only increase.
You do not really want to max out your POS specifications on day one. A POS with a bit of excess power is going to serve you better in busy times than one that is running at 100%. A slow POS is a bottle neck to your business and results in slow service !
Give yourself room to grow and expand.
Make sure you have an upgrade path that will allow your POS System to keep up with your expanding business.
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10th March 2020
