1.   Because Internet Explorer is bundled in the Windows operating system, it is the default browser for the vast majority of computers shipped by Dell.

2.   Both browsers will be installed in future Macs, but the default browser will be the first one users see when they set up a new machine.

3.   But yesterday, Steve Case, CEO of the giant service, said he wants to make Gecko its default browser as soon as possible.

4.   Currently, major manufacturers build computers with Explorer as the default browser because Microsoft requires them to take it as a condition of receiving the crucial Windows operating system.

5.   In fact, almost all free ISPs use Explorer as the default browser, perhaps because Netscape is now part of AOL.

6.   In return, the companies will make Navigator or its forthcoming successor, Communicator, their default browser.

7.   It just sets up Explorer as your default browser.

8.   On video monitors in the courtroom, Edelman showed seven sequential photographs of the Macintosh screens a user would have to navigate to change the default browser.

9.   Similarly, Tevanian said that while Apple offered both the Microsoft and Netscape browsers, it had originally chosen Netscape as its default browser.