Acquia/Drupal installation

I thought I would document my experience trying out Acquia's instance of Drupal which comes with some extra modules and network support not in a standard installation of Drupal. My initial foray has not been easy as one might hope it to be. I hosted on a Godaddy shared server account and every time I've had an issue I end up going to both Godaddy and to Acquia for support. Sadly I couldn't even get past the admin section of this first attempt without a server error which the Godaddy folks explained as the admin folder not being in the Drupal install. I don't know if this is accurate. AAARRGGHHH.
Well regardless I am soldiering on and still feel like I'm a great candidate for the Acquia version as their effort seems focused on easing Drupal's installation process.
I'll report back after I blow away the first instance and begin with a clean slate.
Hope this helps and I'll try not to whine too loudly to my great Drupal homies here in NC!