20" iMac & 23" Apple HD Monitor

To avoid confusion, I'm Heinrich (Cheryl's my fiancee - she's the registered user here)
I'm about to buy my first Apple (20" iMac with all the upgrades - RAM etc...). I'm also buying the Apple 23" HD Monitor.
My question is, do I need any other cables, other than what will be supplied in order to use the 23" Monitor?
Thanx

By the way, the adapter is only like 6" long, so you will also need to get a regular dvi-d cable to connect the adpater to the monitor.
glor

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