German Keyboard Layout?

I live in America, but have family in Germany that I need to write to. I bought myself a nice 1.83GHz MacBook Pro (from Apple USA because it's much cheaper than buying from Apple DE), and I am wondering if:
1. Is the keyboard user replaceable?
2. If so, where could I possibly find a German MBP one for sale?
I don't want to simply remap the keys.
I like my system Language to be English, so others can use it.
I know this is kind of obscure, but any help or insight would be of great help.
Thanks,
tcvanp
Macbook Pro 1.83GHz 80GB 1GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6)

It may not be what you are after, but when I lived in Austria, I bought a normal desktop keyboard (German) and used that plugged in to the USB port on my PowerBook.
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