Our POS Is Easy To Use With Mac OS X Leopard

Ivan Stanojevic on February 16th, 2008.
Posted in News.

OSX Leopard DVD We got our Mac upgraded to the latest version of OSX Leopard to test out MerchantOS. As expected everything works perfectly on Leopard. To our delight, Leopard makes hardware much easier than before to setup.

For many retailers Mac is a great option over PCs due to shop aesthetics and the user friendliness of the system. Also a number of people use Apple already and don’t want to get a PC just for their point of sale system.

The people over at Apple made some significant improvements in how a Mac prints. Most notably they have done away with using an extremely old version of the print system they used in OSX Tiger. This means setting up the MerchantOS recommended point of sale label printer is now a snap as the drivers are already included in the default install of Leopard. The recommended receipt printer is equally improved in ease of setup requiring only a small download of the drivers from the printer manufacturer.

Leopard overall seems to behave faster than its predecessor running the MerchantOS recommended browser Firefox while at the same time a lot smoother in appearance. We highly recommend Tiger (OSX 10.4) users switch to Leopard (OSX 10.5) based on the printing updates alone.

If you’re not a Mac user, there’s no need to worry. We still support all the other major operating systems including Windows XP and Vista.

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About MerchantOS Point of Sale

MerchantOS is a point of sale and inventory control system. It keeps track of all your sales, customers, inventory, purchase orders, work orders, and more. It’s got all the features you’ll need to manage your retail business packaged in an easy to use and intuitive design.

How does MerchantOS improve my business?

Fast and efficient point of sale. Quickly handle special orders, layaways, work orders, deposits, refunds, store credits, gift cards, credit card transactions and more. All from the point of sale without making the customer wait.
Inventory control - we pre-load supplier catalogs for you. This makes creating a purchase orders easy because you don’t have to type in product descriptions.
Real time in-stock information allows you to check to see if you have an item in stock or back ordered from anywhere. This information is updated in real time as sales are made and inventory is checked in.
Customer relations management. We keep track of all your customers, their purchase history, special orders, layaways, work order history, credit accounts, gift cards, and more!
When a customer comes in asking about that special order you’ll be able to give them fast and accurate information.
Work Orders and service management. Create a work order for the customer and track it to completion. Lookup previous work orders for the customer.
There are many more features in MerchantOS but the most important is ease of use. It won’t take you long to get comfortable with the system and if you do need help we are a phone call or email away.

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