Change keyboard on a MacBook Pro

Hi there
I currently live in Hong Kong and I'm thinking about buying a MacBook Pro here.
Someday I will move back to Switzerland and I was wondering if it's possible to change the keyboard on a MacBook Pro so that I can write german umlaute with it and how much that would cost me.
I know that it's possible to configure the keyboard so that I can type the umlaute with a key-combination, but it would be nicer to just have the actual key on my keyboard.
Thanks for your help.

The keyboard and trackpad are fused to the topcase and cannot be replaced individually. Hence, it would require entire replacement of the part, an expensive proposition that needs to be carried out by trained and authorized technicians with the proper tools and knowhow.
If the key shapes for both languages are the same and the difference just lies in a few keycaps, you may be able to fudge the "replacement" merely by popping put the caps that change and replacing them. See here as a possible source: http://www.replacementlaptopkeys.com/
From the OS and program point of view, you just need to select a different keyboard in the Input Methods found in System Preferences / Language & Text.

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