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I don't really have a preference based on battery or weight. My main concern is which one is of better quality so that it will last longer, so I think my focus is on the frame and quality of service/product.

I'm sitting between a Eluktronics MECH-17 Pro-X 17.3-Inch Premium Gaming Laptop with per-key RGB Mechanical Keyboard with (product link: https://www.eluktronics.com/MECH-17#product-description: Intel® Core™ i7-8750H processor Windows 10 Home OS, 16 GB DDR4 2666MHz (8GB x 2) RAM 2 x 256GB Ultra Performance M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD (Planning on doing a RAID 0) 2TB Hybrid SSD 5400 RPM 3 Cell 46.74 WHr battery Standard Thermal Compound for cooling Brown (Quiet sound) Mechanical Keyboard Switch Type Total price: $1,584.95 (not including 10% coupon for SSD, which are both pretty cheap atm) and a customized MSI GP73 LEOPARD-609 from https://www.xoticpc.com/msi-gp73-leopard-609.html Selected specs can be seen from here: https://mandrillapp.com/track/click/30932054/www.xoticpc.com?p=eyJzIjoiUi1VUXVtUkZyazNxMVdweGdtMlgyYmtQb0xJIiwidiI6MSwicCI6IntcInVcIjozMDkzMjA1NCxcInZcIjoxLFwidXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL3d3dy54b3RpY3BjLmNvbVxcXC9zaGFyZWRfcHJvZHVjdFxcXC9pbmRleFxcXC9jb25maWd1cmVcXFwvaWRcXFwvNzA0NjVcXFwvXCIsXCJpZFwiOlwiYWNiYzliOGNlMTBlNDM3NTlkMWUyMWNkMTAxMTBkMzBcIixcInVybF9pZHNcIjpbXCJhMGI1YTlmMTVjNWM2ZTQ1ZmRkN2ZjODllZTM1Yzc1NGZjNTEyMDQ2XCJdfSJ9 Or Laptop Custom Painting - Select Panel 1 x No Paint Selected - (Default) $0.00 2019 Mega Sale 1 x 25% Off Thermal Grizzly $0.00 1 x 25% OFF 256GB Certified M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD $0.00 1 x 20% OFF 1TB SSHD Seagate FireCuda Gaming Hybrid Drive $0.00 1 x 25% OFF Screen Protector on XPC Models Only $0.00 1 x Receive Notebook Cooler with memory upgrade $0.00 1 x Receive WAVEZ headset with 2.5" hard drive upgrade $0.00 1 x Receive 1 Year Kaspersky with wireless upgrade $0.00 1 x Receive FUNKO POP figurine with select service upgrades $0.00 Thermal Cooling 1 x Stock Thermal Compound - (Default) $0.00 1 x None $0.00 1 x None $0.00 The XOTIC PC Difference 1 x XOTIC PC EPIC® Support - LIFETIME Phone/Email U.S. based technical support | Extreme QA testing by dedicated technicians | Stress testing and benchmarking to ensure top performance and stability $0.00 Warranty 1 x 1 Year MSI US/Canada Parts & Labor 1 Year Global Warranty w/ Lifetime Tech Support + 1 Year Accidental Damage Warranty (Requires Registration within 30 Days from Ship Date) - (Default) $0.00 Display 1 x 17.3" FHD, Anti-Glare Wide View Angle 120Hz 3ms 94%NTSC 1920x1080 (16:9) - Default $0.00 Operating System 1 x Microsoft® Windows® 10 Home (64-Bit) (Pre-installed - No Media) - (Default) $0.00 Promotions 1 x Get Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 when you purchase eligible Intel® Core™ i5, i7, or i9 based processor or eligible Intel Core i7 or i9 H-Series based Notebook. $0.00 Prioritized Build Options by XOTIC PC 1 x None $0.00 Laptop Graphic & Textured Wraps 1 x None $0.00 Graphics 1 x NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 GDDR5 6GB - Default $0.00 Processor 1 x 8th Generation Intel® Core™ Coffee Lake i7-8750H ( 9MB Cache, 3.9GHz - 4.1GHz, 6 core | 12 thread ) Processor - Default $0.00 System Test Records & Certificate of Ownership 1 x Custom Binder & Certificate of Ownership – take pride in your system with a hand-signed personalized certificate & Benchmarks $19.00 Laptop Laser Etching 1 x None $0.00 SO-DIMM MEMORY 1 x 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 2666MHz Dual Channel SO-DIMM Memory $89.00 M.2 SATA / PCIe / NVMe SSD Drive Slot 1 1 x 256GB Certified M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD (Seq. Read 2000MB/s, Seq. Write 1750MB/s) $47.20 2019 Mega Sale Memory Special 1 x XOTIC PC Notebook Cooler $0.00 PCIe / NVMe SSD Drive Slot 2 1 x 256GB Certified M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD (Seq. Read 2000MB/s, Seq. Write 1750MB/s) $47.20 Raid 1 x RAID-0 (Stripe) Combines drives for performance (Must be same size and type) $0.00 2.5" Bay 1 1 x 2TB SSHD Seagate FireCuda Gaming Hybrid Drive $99.00 2019 Mega Sale 2.5" Storage Special 1 x WAVEZ Raptor Wireless Bluetooth Gaming Headset $0.00 Wireless Networking / Bluetooth 1 x Intel® 1st Generation Integrated Dual Band Wireless-AC 9560 802.11ac, 2x2 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth®5 - Default $0.00 1 x None $0.00 With a total price: UPDATED PRICE:$1,400.40 3% CASH DISCOUNT:-$42.01 *Restrictions May Apply To Cash Discounted Price SUBTOTAL:$1,358.39 Overall, they're pretty much the same in terms of specs just that Leopard is definitely going to come with pre-installed software and free goodies, whereas the Mech-17 has a mechanical keyboard, which is probably rare for laptops, but probably more clean in terms of software. On the other hand, XoticPC allows the buyer to give specific directions, such as having the OS install to the HDD, rather than the SSD, which Eluktronics probably doesn't offer. Though the Eluktronics laptop may cost more, I am more interested in a product that can last a lifetime and generally keep up with the rising standard of computers (aka Moore's Law), so I won't find myself buying another one anytime soon. Which laptop do you think I should get and why?

else statements can not have conditional (boolean) parameters. Only if and else if statements require them. Next of all, the semicolon is causing the compiler to interpret it as a statement, rather than an else block. The syntactically method for fixing your problem would be to do: else if (totalAmountOfHardware <= 50 ) { System.out.println("Here is your total amount with a 12% discount: $" + totalCostOfHardware*.12); } instead. However, your code will not perform any output in the event where totalAmountOfHardware has a value of 51 and higher, so you should probably stick with an else statement: else { System.out.println("Here is your total amount with a 12% discount: $" + totalCostOfHardware*.12); } Or use an else if statement catching values 51 and higher: else if (totalAmountOfHardware > 50 ) { System.out.println("Here is your total amount with a 12% discount: $" + totalCostOfHardware*.12); } or else if (totalAmountOfHardware >= 51 ) { System.out.println("Here is your total amount with a 12% discount: $" + totalCostOfHardware*.12); } Either one will work. You might want to reconsider how you're writing your conditionals as well, such as by using the > and < operators as well, rather than just >= and <=, but of course, it's your call, not mine.

As the owner of a laptop with a 128 GB SSD (C drive) and a 1TB HDD (D drive), I find it rather troubling that I am unable to control the installation locations of numerous programs despite going into the registry editor and relocating the CommonFile and ProgramFile directories to my HDD. Certain applications such as Microsoft Visual Studio and DaVinci Resolve will still install files and SDKs into the SSD despite being directed to install into the desired D drive. Not only so, there are also numerous files and folders unrelated to the OS that are taking up space on the C drive despite my efforts. Is there anyway for me to override these undesired behaviors and make sure that anything not related to the Windows OS is installed into the D drive rather than the C drive? I find it rather irritating that I must worry about whether or not I have enough space to install Windows Updates and other important things that belong in the C drive, as there are rogue and undesired files taking up space.

I've got 70+ tabs open atm. Probably somehow connected to the fact that I have 200+ bookmarks.