Keyboard and Mac OS Language

From Apple's Online Store:

If I were to choose "Western Spanish" instead of the default "U.S. English", would I be able to run OS X in english or would I be forced to do it in spanish?
I basically want the software in english and the keyboard in spanish. It seems like a long shot, but I better get it out of my mind earlier than latter .
Thanks in advance for your very useful help!

 

When you first start up OS X, it allows you to choose the language, regardless of whether the keyboard is English or Western Spanish. You can use an English keyboard on a Mac in Chinese .

So you're set!

 

Thanks a lot for your quick and helpful answer!

 

You can even change the OS language anytime you want. The system menus and some of the software will switch to the new language next time you launch it. I sold my old iBook to a French friend and my old iMac to a Portuguese one and that possibility made things much easier.

DrPoi

 

Thanks again! Good to know this is how it goes.