Purchasing new iMac, upgrade to Lion

Seems there are no iMacs currently available with Lion installed. I can't seem to get the Apple support people to accurately address this question:  If I were to purchase one that has Snow Leopard, how much initial set up is involved before I can download and install Lion. I do NOT have an App Store ID. I am trying to avoid having to set up a brand new computer twice and don't want to spend time navigating through an OS I'm not going to use (Still using Tiger on current computer).
Can someone describe exactly what the procedure will be?
Thanks

This may not be the final official way, but it shows a possible way.
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/07/how-to-burn-a-lion-boot-disc/
Obviously, if you are a Lion user, you must have a way of reconstructing your operating system, and although there is a lot of fear out there, I'm sure Apple will make it easy.  Having to go back to Snow Leopard and redownload Lion and then update is not a likely solution!

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