>     Should I go with Beta 4 or stable 3?

I would use solr 4, since this is first time installation.

>     Which servlet container would you suggest is
> the most efficient for my implementation?

Folks use both jetty and tomcat.

>     I'm unclear if the JDK is required or I can
> just install a JRE.  I was guessing that Oracle's Java
> SE 7u7 would probably be the best implementation, yes/no?

README.txt says 
"Download the Java SE 6 JDK (Java Development Kit) 
 You will need the JDK installed, and the $JAVA_HOME/bin (Windows: 
%JAVA_HOME%\bin) folder included on your command path. To test this, issue a 
"java -version" command from your shell (command prompt) and verify that the 
Java version is 1.6 or later."
 
>     How relevant is the "Apache Solr 3 Enterprise
> Search Server" book to working with version 4?  I
> couldn't find a list of differences anywhere.

I suggest you to read this book (without worrying about solr4). It is easy to 
understand and it covers lots of things.

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