An iMac 20" with an 20" Cinema Display as second screen in dual

I'm planning to buy an iMac 20" but I want to be sure of something before. I want to know if the screen of an iMac 20" and an 20" Cinema Display put together will be exactly at the same position. I search a lot online to have a picture of this but I only found some 17" iMac put together of an 20" Cinema Display. If someone can answer and/or give me a picture of this that would be really nice.
Intel PentiumD 830 3Ghz, 2Gb Ram, 7800GTX, 2x36gb Sata WD Raptor 10k, 2x19" LG T910BU Display Windows XP Pro

Here is a quote from the user reviews section of Amazon.com, about the new 20 inch Imac core duo:
Video out - The new iMac, for the first time ever, features a Mini-DVI output. This allows, with adapters, the ability to connect the iMac to a DVI display, a television via composite or S-video, or an analog display via VGA. I have my new iMac Core Duo connected to my 20-inch Apple Cinema Display, and it works perfect! A nice feature. This allows for screen-spanning, so I can take advantage of both screens.
This was found at:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BNLGJA/103-5360678-4062234?v=glance&n=54196 6
@ like halfway down the page
Hope this helps!
(soon to be) Imac 20 inch core duo, 2 GB of RAM, 500 GB hd Mac OS X (10.4.5) 2 GB of RAM, 500 GB HD

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