Nailed it: Toolstation gives its store IT an ASUS NUC refurb
A plumber, decorator or electrician is there because a plug won't fit, a roller has worn out, or the van needs restocking with brushed-steel double sockets. The newer Toolstation GO format pushes the convenience model further, with smaller high-street locations, digital kiosks and local ranges shaped by store-level insight.That growth, online and in stores, has strained parts of the technology estate. Some in-store systems still ran on aging Linux-based hardware that had become slow, difficult to patch and awkward to support across a large branch network.
- ▪A plumber, decorator or electrician is there because a plug won't fit, a roller has worn out, or the van needs restocking with brushed-steel double sockets.
- ▪The newer Toolstation GO format pushes the convenience model further, with smaller high-street locations, digital kiosks and local ranges shaped by store-level insight.That growth, online and in stores, has strained parts of the technology
- ▪Some in-store systems still ran on aging Linux-based hardware that had become slow, difficult to patch and awkward to support across a large branch network.
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); ON-PREM Nailed it: Toolstation gives its store IT an ASUS NUC refurb SPONSORED FEATURE: Toolstation swapped aging Linux tills across branches for compact ASUS NUCs on ChromeOS Flex, cutting support tickets and freeing counter space Stewart Baines Stewart Baines Published wed 12 Aug 2026 // 09:00 UTC When Toolstation's customers walk into a branch, work has usually paused somewhere else.
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