This seems pretty obvious, but there are many epos systems in the marketplace using cheap or home use PCs in a shop environment for which they were not designed.

The result – regular breakdowns and overheating causing downtime and lost data. In a busy shop this is a nightmare.

The epos till is the workhorse of the stock management system, often in use for 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

That’s why it is so important to pick the “right” piece of hardware.

In the 13 years of Trackit, we’ve not been exempt from the above problems, but we are now.

Our epos till is supplied by Geller, a UK company that has been at the point of sale since 1957. The touch screen integrated till we use is made of cast aluminum for robustness, but most importantly it is “fanless”.

What does this mean? Practically all PCs and laptops have one or more fans drawing air into the unit to keep the processor cool. As well as drawing air in, it draws dust in. This dust settles on all the components and builds up on the fan itself. As a result of this and over a period of time, the fan will go slower and slower until it stops. The PC will overheat, and will keep shutting down, burn out vital parts or even catch fire.

In a “fanless” Epos till, this cannot happen – there are no moving parts, apart from the hard drive which is hermetically sealed.

Result. Far more reliability – peace of mind that’s worth paying a little bit more? We think so, which is why we only use “fanless” integrated tills in our epos installations.

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