When it installs, there's an option for the instance name. The installer defaults to SQLEXPRESS or some variation on that (it's been a few months since I installed 2008). It very definitely is in the installation wizard.
I think it might skip that step if you pick a default option earlier in the wizard, but I wouldn't swear to that.
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