[P1] iBook newbie...

[Brian Pearce]

> BTW: can deleting portions of an OS cause problems? I always download 
> Netscape and then remove Internet Explorer in order to get M$ free. 
> Any idea why they put IE into the OS?

Internet Explorer is not an integral part of the Mac OS in the way that 
it is in Windows; it's just an application, and you can delete it at 
will.

As to *why* it's included at all, the short version of a long story is 
this was a part of a business arrangement between Microsoft and Apple. 
Apple got a public demonstration of and commitment to Microsoft's 
continued support of the Mac platform, and Microsoft got a big boost in 
the number of Internet Explorer users. (Not to mention a tidy profit 
from the Apple stock that was purchased as part of the investment.)

BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net