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PRICE: Starting at $1300

FUN FACT: If you have any old Sony electronics, you may be able to trade them in for credit towards new Sony products through their Sony Trade In Program.

WHY COMPLEX IS CO-SIGNING: The number of people computing from a desktop computer is dwindling. Thanks to Moore’s Law, we know computers (really, all gadgets) will become increasingly smaller and more powerful as the years go on. What does this mean for you? Well, it means you’ll be able to do a lot more with a lot less, which for a lot of people is negating the necessity to purchase a desktop computer. Unless your line of work needs the power of a desktop, why get one when you can cop a thin laptop you’re able to carry everywhere? And let’s not even get started on net books. So what does the future of the desktop computer look like? We think it looks a lot like Sony’s newest all-in-one desktop offering, the VAIO L series…

Apple undoubtedly made the all-in-one computer the go to alternative to the cumbersome and straight up unattractive tower models with their iMac line. Since then a number of companies have thrown their competitors into the ring hoping to topple the king, but until now none have come close. Their form factors are the same, yeah, but that’s where the similarities end. Sony’s goal is for the VAIO L to be thought of more as a networked entertainment device than a traditional PC. To accomplish that, they’ve made the 24-inch widescreen LCD monitor a touch screen, making it extremely easy to log in, play music or movies, or just surf the web. The touchscreen is nice, but it wouldn’t be as good without Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows 7 backing it. Say what you will about their iffy commercials and the abhorred Vista, Windows 7 is a completely different animal: faster, lightweight, and featuring a couple new tricks like the ability to use multi-touch hand gestures to navigate. It really makes all the difference.

The hardware is what you’d expect from such a machine: Intel’s Core 2 Quad processor available up to 2.66GHz, up to 1 TB of storage, NVIDIA GeForce GT or GeForce 2 graphics, and an optional Blu-Ray burner. All that is cool and needed for a system designed to crunch huge amounts of high-def data, but the specs that we’d probably use the most are the optional TV turner and HDMI input. At 24 inches, the VAIO L is big enough to be your television, and with those two options, it can be. Or, you can just use it to play Xbox 360 or PS3 when you’re not on Facebook. We have to admit, even if we had this, we would probably still use our laptops more. But that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be great as the central hub of our home entertainment network. Seems desktops still have a use after all.

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Last week we caught up with Bad Boy South's muscle and put him through our Complex 7 ringer'a series of offbeat questions that gets inside the mind of celebrities. Read on to get Zoe's feelings on potential girlfriends, sneakers, the last time he cried and more…

Interview by Jaeki Cho.

#1: WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER ONE DEALBREAKER FOR A POTENTIAL GIRLFRIEND?

Gorilla Zoe says : When they start asking for stuff too early. I usually wait until I see the way they do things, and give it to them afterwards. I have bought condos and whips for chicks though.

#2: WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SNEAKER OF ALL TIME?

Gorilla Zoe says: I like the Jordan XI's. The ones he came out with in Space Jam. It's comfortable, and I couldn't afford them when they first came out. Now, I just buy a lot of shoes that I could never buy when I was a kid.

#3: WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?

Gorilla Zoe says: I plea the fifth on that one. I'm a street nigga man. I lost three of my homies last month. But I plea the fifth on that one.

#4: IF YOU HAD A WEEK-LONG HOLIDAY, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

Gorilla Zoe says: I'd take about 40 thousand CDs, and then take about three full vans of people to hit every hood, every mall, and every club. Just hit one city to the next. Particularly New York or Los Angeles because I believe ain't nobody is going to reach out to you if they don't know you. People have to know me.

#5: WHAT HAS TO BE IN YOUR FRIDGE AT ALL TIMES?

Gorilla Zoe says: Bologna, cheese, mayonnaise, and bread. I also keep a bottle of Ciroc Vodka in the freezer. I used to take culinary arts at Job Corps so I'm a certified chef. I could cook chicken alfredo.

#6: WHAT'S THE WORST WAY YOU'VE BROKEN UP WITH SOMEONE?

Gorilla Zoe says: Just stopped calling. Stopped calling and didn't answer her calls. We were just ignoring each other.

#7: WHAT'S THE MOST EMBARRASSING PIECE OF CLOTHING YOU'VE EVER WORN?

Gorilla Zoe says: I had a pair of MC Hammer pants. [Laughs] I look back and I'm like, 'You fucking idiot.' And I had those flower shirts back in like '92.

****BONUS QUESTIONS: Gorilla Zoe comments on the 50/Ross beef and his knowledge of computers.

Complex: Who do you think is winning in 50/Rick situation? Have you been catching up with the beef?

Gorilla Zoe: Man, you know what kind of artist you're talking to, right? Come on man. Beef? That ain't no fucking beef. A real beef, nobody wins until somebody dies. I don't even go on the computer. Don't anybody around me get on the computer. They're like, “What the hell is that?”

Complex: Do you think it's a promotional stunt?

Gorilla Zoe: I'm a street nigga. These questions are crazy. I don't even know how to blog. I don't even know how to use…what do they call that shit, an iCam or whatever? I don't even know how to use that shit. So if you're asking me about a computer beef. I don't know what to say about that shit.

Poor Matthew Broderick was hacking into national defense mainframes with a pizza box and a rotary phone. Hollywood has always loved computers'the problem is that no one making movies seems to know what they can actually do (neither do we, apparently, seeing as how we can’t seem to stop the site from fucking crashing'our profound gratitude for your patience). So of course we put our Ebert caps on and rounded up some of the most mindboggling Technology x Hollywood collabos…

WARGAMES (1983)

Yes, kids, this is what it looked like before broadband.

WEIRD SCIENCE (1985)

Before YouPorn, there was Anthony Michael Hall and his dream girl “Lisa”.

PRETTY IN PINK (1986)

Even dreamy-eyed high school heartthrobs could hack, as evidenced by Andrew McCarthy’s multimedia presentation.

HACKERS (1995)

Jonny Lee Miller goes head to head with future wife Angelina Jolie.

SWORDFISH (2001)

When you have no idea what hacking looks like, focus on the guy’s face! Watch Hugh Jackman get simultaneous dome and access.

[Engadget]