TC: Ok, so a little bit of everything.
I'm an experienced player, so I'm going to do my "normal" routine: ditch the starting anvil (and expect to purchase one or two from dwarven caravans) and use the huge amount of bonus points spent on skills for the starting dwarves and an increased supply cache. Mainly food, turtles (for shells for fey moods) and booze.
Fubb: you need to fiddle with the grahic sets. I don't use them myself, I prefer fullscreen.
Edit: Oh, and neophytes should really note this link:
http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Main_Page
Very usefull.
