What's your desk setup look like? Neck Pain anyone?

Just bought the 27" iMac and yet I'm always finding myself sitting in front of my MacBook.
Using the iMac leads to a very uncomfortable and annoying neck strain. With the height of the iMac display I'll obviously have to consider my desk/ table height along with the seating height. However you can only decrease table height and increase seating height to a certain extent before your legs/knees meet your desk bottom. Seating too high also affects the mouse and keyboard ergonomics. Been wanting this big screen for some time and am looking for a solution to this problem. Any of you experience neck strain due to the iMac 's height together with your current desk height? What setup did you come up with?
Post pictures to your desk and iMac setup that has helped you avoid neck strain.

That sounds like a possibility; make sure it is still close enough for you see depending on whether your short- or farsighted.
I'm using several of these (15" high, or, if you put one on top of the other, 30" high):
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80102146
and these (25" high):
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90102155
The desk I got is height adjustable (or, rather the legs are):
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S19806753
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