Windows 7 Install on iMac 27"-It's Easy

Just wanted to post this for any others who have the Quad iMac 27" and have been holding off installing Windows 7 until Apple get around to officially supporting it - well, Apple seem to be dragging their feet on that don't they.
I did the install a couple nights ago and it was easy as pie. Just make sure you use the Black Screen avoidance technique - basically removing the in-correct ATI video driver during the install process:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/10/26/how-to-install-windows-7-onto-the-new-27 in-imac/
As well as the as the main instructions in the link above check the subsequent post after it paying particular heed to post 19 & 26.
Once I had done this when Windows launched it immediately downloaded the correct ATI driver for the iMac. After this I simply inserted the Snow Leopard Install disk and ran the appropriate .exe file to install other Apple drivers.
There are a couple of caveats to my success:
1. I'm using external speakers and they work flawlessly - there have been reports of Windows 7 not correctly outputting to the internal speakers however there are work-arounds posted on how to address this.
2. I use a USB keyboard which Windows naturally has no issue with.
3. Haven't been able to get the Magic Mouse to be correctly recognised by Windows 7 therefore using a USB mouse until I figure a solution to this.
Apart from the above it's all system go and playing Half Life 2 and COD MW2 with no hitches.
So there you go, other said it was easy and, in my case, it was.
Thanks to the posters who detailed the work arounds.

I'm curious, does Windows 7 output audio via your internal speakers at all?
I'd rather not setup some external speakers.
I've seen a few threads on this, mostly around getting drivers from realtek.com. But not one with a solution that works. I'm pretty windows savvy, having spent 15 years over there until recently moving to Mac for this irresistible iMac.
So i'm also curious if you are aware of a thread with how to fix audio from the internal speakers. I've spent a couple of weeks google'ing the issue, with no success. So i'm getting a bit desperate.

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