My Pi arrived in the mail (yep, as a letter) today. I downloaded the "default" image, wrote it to an 8m sandisk, plugged in a mobile charger, network, apple screen via DVI/HDMI converter, mouse and keyboard; and off I went.
Window environment etc came right up. The only glitch is the locale inside the X server, which I will adress right after the apt-get upgrade finishes.
Yes, I am posting this from the pi. And now the apt has finished. Time to reboot and install some new apps.
This took all of one hour, including the download. Which is a record for all the computers I have installed.
-- mrr