A+ All-In-One Certification Exam Guide

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Summary: Excellent Detail
Review: This book goes far beyond A+ Exams. It is also a great reference book. Most chapters are easy to understand, with the exception of the memory management chapter. I read this book for one week and used the Exam Cram Practice Tests and passed with 88% core & 92% DOS/Windows. My Windows 3.1 knowledge was lacking, but this book helped me in this area. I highly recomend it.

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Summary: Highly recommended
Review: This was a great book for in-depth information on computer internals. Everything is clearly explained, if a little too simple. This was the only book I read and I passed the A+ with a 92/91%.

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Summary: Good book, but too much old stuff!
Review: This is a good book for A+ test, however, I would not rely solely in this book. The information contained within is enough to pass the test, but the author goes in too much detail about old computer stuff that is good to know, but is too detailed for the test. Also, the organization of the material is not adequate. He jumps too much from topic to topic. There isn't a sequence. I actually stopped reading the book and used other sources to study from. I bought the book because I watched the video tapes for the A+ and I liked him, however I was quite dissapointed with the book. I recommend A+ certification for dummies and the A+ book written by Scott Mueller. Those two are great book resources.

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Summary: Excellent Prep - Very Easy Read
Review: This book is excellent and very informative. It spends a whole chapter on SCSI drives. It not only prepared me for the exam, it helped me with my own PC. This book tells you everything you need to know to build and fix PC's. It is not just a "learn the test" book. I plan on buying his Network+ book next!

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Summary: Great Resource!
Review: After spending a couple weeks with this book, I took the A+ test today. Fortuneatly, with the help of this book, I scored in the high 80's on both sections. From top to bottom, the everything you need to know for the test is there. I wouldn't buy to book for the practice tests, but if you are looking for one stop for learning the A+ exams, this is as good as it can get.

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Summary: Unbelieveable!
Review: I studied for the exam ONLY USING THIS BOOK AND MADE 85 percent! Pictures are good, and all typos have removed!

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Summary: Fantastic book for readers at all technical levels
Review: I work with TeraTRAIN - an Information Technology Training program. We highly recommend the Meyers book to our students. This book does an excellent job of giving detailed information on a wide variety of topics and does so in an INTERESTING WAY! Meyers makes it easy for anyone to understand and learn. In addition, Meyers uses more pictures and illustrations than any other A+ book that I have seen. Errors are a BIG problem in many technical books. Meyers does an excellent job of paying attention to the details and giving CORRECT information. This book is a great reference even AFTER you pass you certification test, or if you aren't even interested in taking the test. You can't lose with the REAL WORLD knowledge that he puts out. Hats off to Meyers for the best A+ book in the business.

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Summary: Misleading info on exam questions
Review: While the book is exceptionally well presented, I found that the accompanying CD with sample test questions to be a disappointment. The CD contains several tests for both the Core and DOS/Windows but only 4 of them are available with the purchase of the book. The additional tests require a $79 fee before activation. That information is NOT disclosed until you use the CD.

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Summary: Very detailed, straight to the point
Review: I'm happy to say that the 1998 edition of A+ certification book by Mike Myers (blue book with cd rom) is very helpful for me. And I have a relatively easy time as free-lance computer technican, it considerably improved my ability to upgrade computers especially.

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Summary: A+ Certification Exam Guide.
Review: For the computer person this is a fine book. I object to the use of the word ARCHITECTURE along with the word computer. For me the naive buyer, that word search got me the wrong book for my architect son.