Windows Vista Deployment

Having looked at the windows vista deployment procedure on the official
Microsoft website @
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true,
I have some queries that need to be clarified. The imageX tool was used to
capture and apply an image in steps 4 and 5 respectively in this procedure.
On starting the destination computer with the loaded or previously applied
image, does the image run fully automated without any user intervention? In
other words, does the applied image consist of an answer file or is this not
relevant in this case.

Would it be possible to deploy Windows Vista without using ImageX and
WindowsPE? Is it possible to use Setup Manager in Vista in order to create
an answer file or is Setup Manager replaced by System Image Manager in WAIM.
Alternatively, would it be possible to create an answer file using System
Image Manager (SIM) from a master or reference vista computer. Then saving
the answer file to the hard drive of the reference computer and running
sysprep -mini like in the case of Windows XP. If this was possible, would I
need to save the answer file generated from SIM to a specific directory on
the hard drive as this was required with sysprep.inf in XP/2000? If
permissible, lastly I could just create an image of the Vista reference
computer and burn it to a CD. This CD could then be used to deploy Vista on
the destination computers.

I would appreciate any response to these queries.

Thanks,

Martin