A Checklist to make sure all is well?

Hi,
I am getting my MBP delivered soon.
Before I install and transfer all my data, I want to make sure it is fine in everyway.
Does anyone know a checklist I could perform to check that everything with it is fine?
For example the Line Input may not work, but I may never know it because I hardly use it. Or a key on a keyboard does not work because I rarely type it.
So it would be useful to check everything works once the computer is delivered.
Thanks.

Boot from the install DVD by holding the "D" key down, and run the hardware tester. Also, read this:
http://www.macosg.com/group/viewtopic.php?t=11325
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