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Joel Santo Domingo is the Lead Analyst for the Desktops team at PC Magazine Labs. He joined PC Magazine in 2000, after 7 years of IT work for companies large and small. His background includes managing mobile, desktop and network infrastructure on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms. Joel is proof that you can escape the retail grind: he wore a yellow polo shirt early in his tech career. Along the way Joel earned a BA in English Literature and an MBA in Information Technology from Rutgers University. He is responsible for overseeing PC Labs testing, as well as formulating new test methodologies for the PC Hardware team.Along with his team, Joel won the ASBPE Northeast Region Gold award of Excellence for Technical Articles in 2005.

Joel cut his tech teeth on the Atari 2600, TRS-80, and the Mac Plus. He's built countless DIY systems, including a deconstructed "desktop" PC nailed to a wall and a DIY laptop that recently received a SSD upgrade. He's played with most consumer electronics technologies, but the two he'd most like to own next are a Salamander broiler and a BMW E39 M5.