How to erase personal info before sending a machine in for exchange?

I may have to return the iMac I just bought because of screen problems.
There's a lot of personal stuff on it already (mail account setup, photos, probably some saved website passwords) so I'm wondering if there's a quick and easy way to wipe out all the user data before sending the machine back to be swapped out?

I just upgraded from an eMac to an iMac. In order to wipe the old drive I reinstalled the OS (10.4.11), which overwrites the whole drive. My understanding is that this actually writes zeros on unused disk space. I'm not sure if there are more sophisticated solutions for those concerned about someone recovering data from an erased drive.
When you reinstall you have a choice of quitting setup before creating any accounts or setting up a user account. If you're returning the machine it doesn't matter, as they're likely going to reinstall the OS again so the new owner of the refurbished machine can go through the setup themselves.

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