CategoryHardware

You get what you pay for when it comes to computer hardware.

Buy cheap and it will cost you the same or more over time than the quality, bran d name, hardware you may think is too expensive today.

It makes us sad when we see companies selling cheap hardware to retailers. Usually, this is hardware not suited to the job of robust retail. Sometimes, it is secondhand hardware refurbished to look new. Other times, it is hardware sold as X when, in fact, it is Y … slower, less capable.

Cheap hardware is cheap for a reason. Corners have been cut on quality, speed, capacity or all three or a mixture thereof. It is cheap for a reason.

Cheap hardware is false economy, a poor business decision.

Too often we see small business retailers ripped off by slick sales people who spin and spin and quickly confuse retailers into buying what they think is a quality ideal solution when, in fact, it is a cheap and inappropriate solution.

Cheap hardware sucks. It is not cheap in the long run for a business.

Here at Tower Systems, our hardware is more expensive. For computers, we use HP, Hewlett Packard. High quality. backed by an on-site warranty. Fast. We use it ourselves, in our businesses.

Buyer beware is the best advice anyone can give when it comes to buying hardware for your retail business.

Tower Systems proudly partners with Hewlett Packard, HP, for hardware for small business retailers. We have been a HP partner for years. There is a good reason for this : SERVICE.

Service matters to small business retailers.

The HP computers we sell are retail business specific. They are not computers you’d buy for home from Harvey Norman, JB HiFi or elsewhere. No, our HP computers are designed for busy retail environments.

The HP computers we recommend are fast.

The HP computers we recommend are backed with a genuine 3 year on-site warranty.

The HP computers we recommend are backed by us too.

The is the difference with HP gear through Tower Systems – it is a perfect partnership delivering excellent advantages to local small business retailers.

When it comes to computer hardware for your small retail business a wise investment once is better than multiple less wise investments over time.

We use HP gear in our own retail businesses. Our own experience backs the marketing claims for this wonderful gear.

Speed is vital at the sales counter of any retail business, especially in small retail businesses where labour costs are constrained and more has to be achieved with less.

Tower Systems helps small business retailers process transactions quickly with attention on POS software design and execution for fast throughout.

Sales transaction time is further cut with our standard computer hardware spec requiring solid state drives.  SSD technology delivers excellent response times compared to the older and cheaper HDD technology.

Tower Systems reset its HP computer specs ages ago to SSD to setup small business retailers for faster throughput at the counter. The result in businesses using the new technology is terrific. The result from customers has been terrific. They are thrilled with the results as are we.

The combination of elegant and efficient software running on best practice fast hardware is a speed at the counter retailers and their customers love.

We showed off the speed of SSD over HDD in a shoot-out video we made in house showing load and other times – so our customers could understand the speed difference between current (SSD) and old (HDD) technology.

Our partners at HP have released new and updated point of sale specific hardware.  All of our Tower Systems PC’s are now shipped with Windows 10 Pro 64bit installed, 8GB of RAM and fast Solid State drives.

Like a memory stick, there are no moving parts to an Solid State Drive (SSD). Information is stored in microchips. The old hard disk drive technology uses a mechanical arm with a head to move around and read information from the right location on a disk. Loading and running programs on a computer with SSD will be noticeably faster – four to eight times faster. That time saving can make the higher cost easy to justify.

Just launched is our new All In One the HP RP9.  This device delivers powerhouse performance with stylish minimalist design and reliable engineering to create the perfect All In One Computer.

Our purpose built POS specific HP desktop PC’s have also been updated to 8GB of RAM and with super fast solid state disk drives.  Solid State Drives can increase the speed of a computer by as much as 55%* when compared to the same PC using a regular Hard Disk Drive technology.