Reddit reviews Deployment Fundamentals, Vol. 5: Building a Real-World Infrastructure with Windows Server 2012 R2, Mdt 2013, and Powershell
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no problem, check out Johan Arwidmark's book for a great reference to deployments with MDT. Deployment Fundamentals
Don't worry, it is a bit of a confusing first few steps as it can do a lot of things however getting it to do the basics isn't too hard as there are plenty of guides out there.
Do check on the needed prerequisites though as you may want to download them over the weekend, the biggest (and I think only hard requirement for MDT2013), is the Windows ADK:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=39982
There's a basic guide to getting MDT installed and setup here:
http://blog.itvce.com/2013/10/27/installing-and-configuring-microsoft-deployment-toolkit-mdt-2013-on-windows-server-2012-r2/
Although it references imaging server 2012 you should be able to do mostly the same steps but using a Win 7 or 8 image instead.
If you want a book to reference from give this a look, I've not read it but I've got the SCCM book by the same group of authors and it was really helpful, so assuming their MDT one is of similar quality it may be worth a look:
http://amzn.com/9187445093
If you go the MDT route, I can recommend Deployment Fundamentals Vol. 5 as a good resource for a ton of tips/tricks to shave off time setting it up for production.
http://amzn.com/9187445093