IE7 beta2 (which I uninstalled right after testing it for 2 days) allows you to select Google for the search box during the setup. I had no problems with it at all. Of course MSN is going to be the default, but it IS important to know that MS has not done anything to limit the use of google as a search provider. In fact MS has made room for Google in their browser by allowing you to select google as the search provider in the IE7 setup screens. And it's not something that you can just skip over you must select a search provider. Now that's fair, right? Sounds fair to me...