Convert an American iMac to a German one?

How can I convert an American iMac to a German one?
Ist it enough to use a German MacOS and change the American keyboard to a German one?
Or ist more difficult?
Problems?
Help me, please!
Jul

David.Austin.Allen wrote:
You may want to get a power cord from Apple for Germany or get an International
adapter kit that will convert the North American power cord for use anywhere.
If you don't care about color match, any standard detachable power cord with
an [_IEC C13|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IECconnector] connector on the iMac end will work just fine:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_connector
Looby

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