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Many salons still track product inventory and retail sales using paper notes, spreadsheets, manual stock checks, and a front desk POS system. This can work for a small salon with only a few products.

But, as the salon grows, it becomes harder to manage. More stylists, more treatments, more retail products, and more daily product use can make stock tracking confusing.

For example, one stylist may use a shampoo during a service, while another stylist may sell the same shampoo to a client. If that product is not updated in the system, the salon may think it has more stock than it really does. This can lead to empty shelves, missed retail sales, or products running out during appointments.

A Windows tablet can help salons manage this more clearly. With the right salon inventory software, teams can separate service products from retail products, track stock levels, receive low-stock alerts, and review sales trends.

In this blog, we’ll explain how salons can use a Windows tablet to manage inventory

While most event planners use a combination of desktop computers in the office, printed layouts, email communications, spreadsheets, and last-minute updates to plan an event, that model may work fine when dealing with a small and simple setup.

However, when guest lists get updated, suppliers need to be informed, and the floor plan has to be checked in the actual space, that more manual method can quickly become inefficient. It's important to understand that event planning involves both the creative aspect and the logistics one.

That's why Windows tablets provide the solution for event planners and coordinators to carry their floor plans, guest list arrangements, and supplier data easily in the venue. This is especially true for weddings and special events, where seating charts, guest updates, vendor timing, and day-of notes all need to stay accessible while the team is moving from room to room.

In this blog, we’ll explain how event teams use Windows tablets during real event planning and

Most HVAC and plumbing businesses continue with their operations based on a mix of office computers, paper notes, printed documents, and post-visit administration. This process may function effectively if the workload is manageable and simple. Nevertheless, once the business requires rapid quotations, better client interaction, and fast approval or payments, the process may turn out to be inefficient.

This is important since HVAC and plumbing services entail much more than repairing the system. The tasks include diagnosis, costing, explanation, approval, documentation, and paperwork understandable by the client.

This is where a rugged Windows tablet can start to make more sense. It gives the technician a portable device that can be used on site for job details, quotes, and paperwork instead of waiting to do those things later on an office PC.

A lot of people now use AI for practical tasks, not just chat. They use it to handle emails, calendars, research, and repeated digital work. OpenClaw is designed for that type of use, and it works through chat apps people already know.

So, what really matters here is that the device it’s on is actually useful to people. The main thing we need to think about isn't just whether OpenClaw is available, but also whether someone can install it, use it, test it out, and manage it reliably as part of their daily workflow.

What was surprising to us is that the Fusion5 Helios10 is capable of handling this type of setup in a practical way. It comes with Windows 11 and has strong specs for this type of use, including an Intel N150 processor, 12GB of RAM, and 512GB of SSD storage. It also has active cooling, which helps keep everything running smoothly, and a 10.1-inch display. All of this makes it a good portable Windows device for setting up and managing OpenClaw.

The Helios10 makes it easier to use

Many dry cleaning, laundry, and garment care businesses still run day-to-day operations using a combination of fixed PCs, printed tickets, handwritten notes, and staff memory. That approach can work when the workflow is small and straightforward. However, as order volumes increase and services expand to include faster turnaround times, customer instructions, and pickup and delivery, those systems can start to become harder to manage efficiently.

These businesses do far more than simply clean garments. They also manage front-counter intake, customer records, order tracking, back-room coordination, collections, deliveries, and ongoing customer communication. Staff need tools that can support these different tasks in a practical way without slowing the workflow down.

This is where rugged Windows tablets start to make more sense.

In this blog, we'll look at where standard tablets fall short in laundry and garment care environments, how rugged Windows tablets fit into daily service workflows,

Instead of just being seasonal gadgets for those longer summer evenings and weekends, people are looking for products that can make their lives easier when summer is at its most intense. With lives becoming more mobile and less routine during the summer season, products that enable people to divide their time more effectively between being on the move, in the office, planning, spending time with family and friends, and time to chill out are in demand.

The Fusion5 HELIOS12 looks set to become the summer gadget of choice for more than one reason.

This is a unique build that brings together a 12-inch 2K touchscreen display, a stylus pen, an Intel N100 processor, 12GB of DDR5 RAM, a 512GB SSD, active cooling, and Windows 11 Home pre-installed.

People use the same device at different times of the day: to check maps and travel information in the morning, to write emails, text messages, and drafts with a stylus in the afternoon, and to watch videos, read a book, and browse websites in the evening.

A Windows tablet is useful when it works in a way that matches normal daily use. That can mean carrying it from room to room at home, taking it to work, using it at a kitchen table, or putting it in a bag for travel.

That level of flexibility gets affected when the battery isn’t working as well as it should.

That’s why it helps to think about battery health early, not just battery life. Battery life is how long the tablet lasts on a charge today. Battery health is about how well the battery holds up over time. If the health drops too quickly, the tablet becomes less reliable even if everything else still works well.

This guide looks at practical Windows tablet battery health tips that actually make sense in normal use. No overcomplicated routines, no battery myths, and no vague advice. Just the habits that help reduce unnecessary wear and keep a Windows tablet working better for longer.

A lot of people only think about Windows updates when the tablet asks for a restart. On a Windows tablet, especially one used for work, that can be a problem.

Not all updates are the same. Some are monthly security updates, some are bigger feature updates that keep the tablet on a supported version of Windows, and some are optional updates that don’t really need immediate attention.

That matters because if the tablet is part of your normal routine, whether for stock checks, notes, inspections, or file handling, poor update habits usually cause small problems over time.

In this guide, we’ll look at which Windows tablet OS updates actually matter, which ones can wait, and how to keep your device supported without turning updates into a constant interruption.

Most people view flying a drone for video and/or photos as fun and exciting, but what’s not generally visible to spectators is the substantial work required to pre-plan, review previously recorded video, ensure adequate image coverage, transfer files to appropriate parties (and formats), and manage all related documentation on-site.

While many are looking to alternatives outside of phones and “traditional” consumer tablets, you have to consider something like a rugged Windows tablet. Larger screen for applications, and easier to manage files, videos, and other content on a tablet versus a phone.

In jobs like roof inspections, land mapping, farm surveys, site surveys, and outdoor filming, the tablet can help with more than just flying. It can be used to check photos, review footage, organise folders, and handle the rest of the job while you are still in the field.

Managing social media sounds simple until you actually do it. On paper, it looks like a basic routine: create a post, publish it, reply to comments, and check how it performed. In real life, it usually involves several platforms, different tools, and constant switching between devices.

A common example is planning content on a laptop in the morning, then later using your phone to publish a Reel or TikTok because those features are easier to use there.

You might also reply to messages on your phone during the day, then only check analytics later on a computer if you remember. Nothing’s actually broken in that workflow, but it is spread out and harder to manage properly.

That’s where a Windows tablet becomes useful. Instead of moving between devices, you can plan content, create graphics, post, reply to comments, and check analytics from the same device, which makes the whole process feel more organised and consistent.