Originally Posted by
kebosabi
Sure, but majority of them are built just like computers that we use today: they're built with fairly easy peripheral add-on capability mindset. You're not going to throw away the entire system every time something new comes along, just like you're not going throw away your computer just because you need a new ink jet printer.
Well, as I work as a POS reseller & integrator, I'll tell you that its not fairly easy to add-on a peripheral. Many CC readers do not use USB or some other standard; most are proprietary. So, much more difficult that just adding some reader on thru USB or 9-pin serial. Then, of course, there is the software to enable the EMV reader to work correctly, and process correctly.
For a small restaurant with 6-9 registers you're talking thousands of dollars.