Ever met files with the extension UIF of DAA, these are likely CD/DVD images saved to a file, the idea is that they (as opposed to ISO) can be compressed, however not everyone has software installed to deal with these files.
Well good news come in small links, here is a link to a blog with links to utilitys to convert these files 🙂
DAA;
http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/12/27/free-daa-to-iso-converter-gui/
UIF;
http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/12/30/uif-to-iso-converter/
or the software source itself; http://aluigi.altervista.org/mytoolz.htm
I don’t quite know how, but this one managed to escape my attention until now (it was launched in 2006). Anyhow I just read about this while reading about the Asus Eee PC.
It would seem that there exist a reduced/limited Windows XP version for deployment to older pc’s and other equipment with reduced/outdated hardware (ram cpu etc). It should be able to run on 233mhz pc’s with as little as 64mb ram. Nice 🙂 also useful for the odd virtual PC.
It however require a SA license with Microsoft which makes the whole thing less interesting for home users. A shame as there is many old laptops lying around that would work fine for simple browsing etc.
Take a look here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Fundamentals_for_Legacy_PCs
http://tonysblog.real-family.com/2006/09/windows-fundamentals-for-legacy-pcs.html
http://bink.nu/news/microsoft-windows-xp-fundamentals-for-legacy-pcs-screenshots.aspx