Know-how bears its best fruit when implemented without any undue preliminaries.
No need of idle waiting for the loud appearance of a “revolutionary” solution, as the real game-changing tech can arrive off-radar. One of the latest novelties quickly adopted by some betting operators and software providers is the mini-PC device.
Without a familiar power cable’s jack (it yields its place to an AC/DC socket) a mini-PC can be easily mistaken for a router or an external HDD.
A small box, not much bigger than a VHS tape, comprising a modern quad or duo core CPU, up to 8GB of RAM, 500GB HDD, a decent graphic card (HDMI output) and the Wi-Fi-router, can bring all the difference in world when every square inch counts. The average cost of such a computer is about $200.
Employing mini-PCs as the basic element of the cashier hardware proved to be helpful at the EiG 2015 exhibition in Berlin, where such companies as Betinvest, GoldenRace and others succeeded in minimising technical issues and gaining the benefit of considerable room economy.
Mini-PCs are also customisable and can be equipped with a greater number of USB and HDMI ports if needed. Their only disadvantage is probably the absence of big ports, for video in particular, but that’s the price for the size.
Maintaining firm ground against big tower computers in terms of productivity (not for the next-gen games, maybe, but definitely to satisfy any betting software requirements), small boxes trigger a “quiet revolution” affecting modern office workspace.
As for land-based betting, the old-fashioned PC tower is never the major room consumer in a betting shop. Nevertheless, implementing mini-PCs makes it much easier to deploy the hardware: several sets of minis can easily fit into an average sized bag. When holographic screens are here, one runner with a backpack will be able to start an entire municipal land-based betting chain in several hours.
The technical progress is unbelievably fast. All the thinkable devices will soon be appearing on the store shelves even before we need them and the computer ware with arbitrary combinations of functions will be provided effortlessly. We just need to keep our eyes open.
