Sold iMac-Wiped HD-Reinstall Question

Bought a new iRetina 27" and am selling my old 22" iMac.  I've zero wiped the HD and have reinstalled Yosemite and have reached the point where the setup process is pick the country.  I'm thinking I should power down here and leave the rest for the new owner.  I'd like to tell him the steps that will follow, but I don't remember them.  Can anyone list them for me?
When i downloaded the OS 10.10 I used my Apple ID.  Does this affect the new owner of the iMac?  How does he make the iMac his own, as far as Apple is concerned?
If anyone has any thoughts on what the new owner is going to need to know, please let me know.
Do all iMacs have built-in wifi?  I never used it on the old one and I'm at a point where I can't check it.

That's quite alright - I don't care for it either. The problem with the new app store versions is that you must "accept" it; doing that will associate it with your Apple ID and it becomes non-transferable. Here are a couple of excerpts from the iPhoto SLA (I picked iPhoto, but they're pretty much the same) - this is for the app store version:
Both of those are from here:
http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/iPhoto.pdf
Not quite confused enough? This is from the iLife licensing agreement (which was what you got on install disks: iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, etc):
From here:
http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/iLife11.pdf
As you can see, they are quite different. So, if you have separate iLife  disks, you can either keep them or give them to a buyer (I still have and use mine!). If you don't have them and accept the apps in the app store, they become yours only and you can't transfer them.

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