Dana Bourne, a Mac Tools distributor in Lake County, Ind., does a lot of his business in customer shops to save time. Thanks to his Windows Surface Pro tablet, portable printer, and bag of tool specials for the customers who can't make it out to the truck, he can be "100-percent mobile".

He says the main benefit of his system is the time-savings of not having to trek to and from the truck and the shop to complete small tasks, like printing a receipt for example. He says the system saved him 45 minutes a day. 

"I was able to add one or two more shops, or just go home early. That's worth it right there," Bourne says.