New iMac plan...look OK?

I currently have an early 2008 24" iMac.
I am upgrading to a BTO 27" iMac that should be shipping shortly - except for memory (stock 4GB only), it has the top available specs including 3.4Ghz quad core i7 with 2TG HD and 256GB SSD and 2GB graphics card.
Here is my deployment plan: would appreciate any comments on if this looks OK or could be improved in any way:
Confirm correct configuration, mainly that the OS (Lion) is on SSD (this iMac is supposed to be configured with OS on the SSD). Anything else to check (do I need to check latest EFI, or should that be safe to assume?)
Boot from DVD with memtest86 to confirm stock iMAC and its 4GB RAM is OK. I was planning to run for 24 hours.
Replace stock 4GB iMAC ram (2x2GB) with 16GB Samsung OEM RAM from ordered from OWC (4x4GB).
Re-run memtest86 with new RAM for another 24 hours. (I hope the originally-reported memory problems with 2010 iMacs and earlier 2011 iMacs have been fixed by now; haven't seen any recent issues reported when using OWC Samsung OEM RAM).
Partition 256SSD with bootcamp to run Win7 (see next step for partition size).
Win7 partition size=55GB. Don't criticize this value without evidence. MS support says min. required disk size for Win7 is 20GB (for 64bit). I will only run one main program on Windows (plus a couple other programs for occassional use, like Chrome and Adobe Reader). Even allowing for some extra space for SSD inefficiencies, I can't see how this value (55GB) would be too small. So if you disagree, please don't bother commenting WITHOUT SOME KIND OF EVIDENCE.
Install Win7 on its SSD partition and make sure all runs OK.
2TB hard disk will be for Lion only (can't see a need for another partition usable by Windows, so I wasn't therefore planning on adding any FAT or NTFS partition) - if you think I SHOULD add a partition for Windows on the HD, please advise.
Move my Lion home dir to 2TB hard disk using Preferences settings.
Put a small user data directory on SSD to store things I want fast access to (maybe my iTunes library, and certainly a temporary Aperture library for initial storage of new projects that I work on [after initial processing on the SSD library, these projects will be exported and then imported into main Aperture library on 2TB hard drive).
Also need to copy over user data and copy over (or re-install) applications from old iMAC: never did that before, so I don't know if Apple has any good tools for that or not...can anyone advise?
Well, thats all I can think of for now, any comments??
Thanks,
Colin.

Add this to your reading list: Pondini's Setup New Mac guide. There's no reason to confirm the setup or run memtest (Rember) on a new machine. Follow the setup guide steps and after migrating from your 24" iMac, then move stuff to the HD. Once all of that's done, then set it up for Boot Camp. I'll leave those details for you, since I don't do windoze.

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A Brody;
I actually downloaded the tips earlier. That's where I found out that migrating from the Motorola Power PS chip to the newer Intel chips was not going to be easy.
Meanwhile my 10 year old iMac finally died. I tried to vacuum the inside in hopes that maybe dust was causing start up problems. When I put it back together it would not start at all. Went to plan "B" by tearing it apart again and removing the hard drive. I put it in the HD enclosure that was holding the original iMac 10 gig hard drive that I had pulled out years ago.
When I plugged it in to the new imac, it looked like everything was there. I copied photos, itunes music and all the personal files I could find.
Now I need to see if it possible to transfer play lists and book marks.
From the article I can see where to find the files I need to transfer. I can see dragging the files to the new iMac desktop. But once it get it to the desk top, how can I get the information imported to where it needs to go? Instructions are not clear on that.
The instructions say start the old mac in target disc mode, but of course the brains have been removed from the old iMac and is now a 200 gig external drive with questionable life expectancy.
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Anyone that buys an iMac should not have to buy "cheap". it's like putting "retread tires" on a brand new Farrari! Ugh!
To find a cheap version of PS is to locate an obsolete version only? Software surplus business may have some or check the obituary columns to see if any Photographers or Gaphic Designers have left some things behind?
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If you are only making "simple flyers" would not MS Word or OpenOffice software do the job for you? There are applications for that purpose and Photoshop is not the only way to skin this cat! Or you can always buy a box of Crayola's and make a pamphlet that way?
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This is not a model sold in the Apple Retail store, so I am a little hesitant, but the guy said it is the business model. Is this true?
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