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46 End-User Computing For Dummies, Nutanix Special Edition These materials are © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Any dissemination, distribution, or unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. a significant spectrum in some of the cells. For example, in the Endpoint Costs cell, "low to high" indicates that you can choose low-cost endpoints, such as terminals, or high-cost endpoints, such as business-class laptops with discrete graphical processing units (GPUs). TABLE 5-1 Comparing End-User Computing Economics Category Traditional Server- based VDI DaaS Overall simplicity Low to high Medium High Low Time to value Low to high Medium High Low Operational expense (OpEx) Low to medium Medium Medium to high Medium Capital expense (CapEx) Medium to high Medium High Low to high Servers N/A Medium High N/A Storage N/A Medium High N/A Networking N/A Medium Medium to high N/A Endpoint hardware Medium to high Low Low to high Low Software licensing and maintenance N/A Medium High N/A Cloud desktop licensing (includes management) N/A N/A N/A Medium Management tools N/A to high N/A High N/A Staffing and skills development Medium Medium High Low Bandwidth N/A Low to medium Medium to high Medium Datacenter space, power, cooling N/A Medium High N/A to low