dell XPS 430 vanilla install?

[kuliand]

in the new year i want to replace my aging dell desktop running 10.4.11 with a new dell running 10.6.2 vanilla. So is the dell XPS 430 a system capable of doing this and what is the install process for this? just the standard copy install image to usb, patch with boot loader then install and finish by patching install HD?

 

Also i would like to dual boot it with windows 7 is this fairly easy to do with 2 hard disks?

 

 

thanks