Which of the following is NOT a benefit of downloadable software distribution over physical media distribution?

A bare-metal system is one that has no software installed, including the operating system. It would be unable to download and install software. It may be used for a network installation of an operating system if it supported Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) booting to the network, but that would be using a LAN to distribute software rather than downloadable distribution, which must use the Internet. When software is distributed by download, it is possible that it is the most recent version of the software. It is less expensive because no one pays for the USB or DVD to distribute it, and it only requires an Internet connection rather than a DVD drive. Many new PCs lack optical drives.