Compiling a Vista upgrading guide

So I've read about all the hell (and/or lack thereof) about upgrading to Vista, and Im trying to put together an upgrading guide, not just for me but for anyone seeking to take the attempt. For some people an install will take no time at all and be a breeze, but it seems that for a few people, it has been sluggish.

Myself, I have had enough trouble with my Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 that I know I am going to have trouble with Vista.

My trouble with XP Media Center: it won't play any DVDs, online vidoes through it dont actually have moving video but do have audio. And DVDs via Windows Media Player? Great Video, lack of audio.

I built my new compy with intent to get Vista, which is why I stuck in 2 gigs of G.Skill RAM and a E4300, with a X1650Pro GPU (will get 8800GTX later). All the intent was to have 64 bit support and DX10 for games.

Alright, so onto the guide building: First I need to lay groundwork.
The purpose of this guide is to give the common man the most out of Vista with minimal headache and great results, bang for buck.
This guide would assume that if watching Video on the computer, any TV or monitor that would be hooked up to it would have some form of PC input and not need a TV tuner card or Media Center, so that if playing DVDs or high def video to a screen, the screen would act as a computer monitor.
There will be no inclusion of Media Center in this guide.
There will be no inclusion of TV Tuner cards in this guide.
Any software suggested would be so the user has it in case he/she would run across the need later on (hence the proposed inclusion of Flash Player and Quicktime).

Ok, now that I have that figured out. Here is my current strategy:
Upgrades would be clean installs preferably, but the guide will assume the user is doing an upgrade version.
The version that would be had for Vista is Vista Business.
Since it seems all versions of Vista ship as 32 bit, the guide would have to mention how to go about aquiring the "alternative media" that is needed to upgrade to a 64 bit version.
Next the reader would install all drivers that come with their hardware.
Once the internet portals are up and running, the user should download and/or get the following:
Install all nessecary virus and malware protection, either free or downloaded versions.
Get the latest drivers for hardware.
Get Adobe Flash Player and Quicktime
Get VLC and/or Media Player Classic so as to view media.

Lastly, the user will be told to enjoy.

Tips or comments on how to make this better?
Assumed questions and Answers:
Why Vista Business?
It gives the user some great productivity tools for whatever they will be doing and the Aeroglass interface. VLC and Media Player Classic can act as media players, and in my personal opinion smack the living shit out of Microsofts media players.
Why Adobe Flash and Quicktime?
Because they are very common players for online video and to my knowledge Vista comes with neither.
Why should the user get the 64 bit version ASAP?
Because the whole point of Vista was to run 64 bit apps when they are available. 32 bit is very restricting and throughout 2008 we can expect everything to be 64 bit.
Why not the Media Center or Ultimate Editions?
Ultimate is way to expensive and seems more like a status statement then usable software. Media Center, again in my experience, does not work to well and even though you can use it to stream content to other TVs in the house via the Xbox 360, to my knowledge there is no device capable of receiving that streamed signal for other TVs other than another computer. Wait, could this not be taken care of via a home network?