Andy Ihnatko

Andy Ihnatko is the Chicago Sun-Times' technology columnist, the author of a best-selling book on Tiger, a longtime and current columnist and contributing editor for Macworld, and "the Industry's 42nd most-beloved figure," a claim that he urges you not to examine too closely. He can be contacted at <[email protected]>, or through the address posted on his Web site. (Sept 2005)

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