Getting a driver license

My austrian driver license is valid in the US, but it makes life so much easier if you have a californian license. You don't have to argue everytime when you want to go a bar and the bouncer does not accept your foreign ID, because it could be a faked one. Another reason is car insurance - you get a much better rate having a license from here.
Anyways, so I decided to take this test and was amazed, how easy it is to get a license. Back home in Austria, where I got my first license, I was studying a 500 page book for 3 weeks, had 20 mandatory driving lessons and paid around $1500. Questions were really tricky, unlike here. I had this 50 pages to study, whereas most of it was common sense and so I did not spend much time studying, maybe 2 days. Take a sample test and see how you score. Being prepared, I went to the DMV (Deparment of Motor Vehicles) and paid 26 dollars. For the eyesight exam I stood behind the counter and was asked to read to lines from a whiteboard which was hanging somewhere in the room, was kind of cool.

Then the actual test - 36 questions, unlimited time...After an hour I walked out with my temporary driver license. Now I have to take the "behind the wheel" test in two weeks. I am really curious how this is gonna be.