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Summary: dont judge a book just on great reviews
Review: the general cencus is that the all in one a+ certification book is the best on the market. while i will agree with that boast.
dont let a snowball of never stoping great reviews of this book fool you. their are close to 40+ errors and typos in the book, and when it comes to test time that can kill you...
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Summary: Excellent Source
Review: Overall, this book is an excellent source. Sometimes, I feel it goes into too much detail, but that is better than not enough. It also came with a CD that had some good review questions on it and an "adaptive" mode test that was pretty useful. I used it to get more details in addition to the ExamCram book.
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Summary: Best Book To Buy
Review: I read an earlier edition of this book when I was 17 2 years ago, took about a month but contains everything you would cover on the test. I passed the test and am now A+ certified.
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Summary: good
Review: this is the best a+ book i have been reading easy to understand and brilliant video plenty of studying about core hardware i wish there was more of it especially about windows.
good questions and answers programme pity it stops before you you even reach halfway.
thank you
praful
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Summary: Thanks For Nothing!
Review: I bought this book with high hopes, but came away EXTREMELY disapointed.After reading the entire book,taking all the practice exams,studying and re-reading the book for over a month,getting between 750-800 on the cd-rom exams, I took the real exam today and failed..badly. This book's long-winded text and too simple practice exams gave me just enough confidence to get led to slaughter. I was completely unprepared for the A+ exam.The Questions in the real A+ exam barely even resembled anything I studied in this book.The cd -rom stinks too, It locks up most of the time,and is filled with typo's, and even gives a couple of wrong answers! Can someone in the real world help me pass this test?
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Summary: Great Book
Review: This book is easy to read and understand. It provides great detail into many different subjects even if they are not required to pass the exams. I enjoyed the great amount of knowledge learned from this one book regarding everything about computers. I recommend it for everyone.
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Summary: A very precise study guide for the test, fair pc tech book
Review: I'll cut it short, just took the A+ hardware test today and passed after some here and there experience, and reading this book in one weekend in about a day and a half, whew what a long night, suprisingly I did very well. The questions at the end of the chapters and on the CD-ROM literally read like for the most part the questions on the actual tests. I'm not kidding, not sure why other people say the books questions and cd-rom don't match the level of the tests. This I found to be quite the opposite. The font type almost looks the same. I blew threw ten question is about a minute. Perhaps the test should be harder. I thought I was reading the questions from the end of chapters while I was taking the actual tests, actually I was suprised at how clear and uncomplicated the questions and choices actually were. Trust me the Transcender and Measure Up tests are far more difficult in the way they question or word their questions, so in a sense they probably over prepare you which is never a bad thing. Actually if there is probably one seriously wrong thing about this book is that it tells you too much. More detail than the level that you are tested on. The A+ test is very practical, a good concentrated reading and an outline study session and lookover of this books contents will help you pass the hardware exam. Of course the best prep is the COMPTIA objectives themselves located on the COMPTIA website. I did however only rate this book four stars for a couple of reasons and for reasons I think could be improved in the new upcoming edition that is already available for pre-purchase. I think that through the book there should be some kind of key throughout the text to the COMPTIA objectives. Also more coverage of electricity, viruses, virus prevention, backups, and networking would make the book more infomrative, I was worried the scant coverage of these topics would pop up on the test so I turned to the Andrews book' to inform me of these topics as her book goes more in depth. Other than the occasional oddness and weirdness that perhaps might appear on the test like some oddball knowledge questions, a thorough reading and understanding of this books questions will get you through.
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Summary: Wow, finally.
Review: I have been looking for a book like this. Trust me. Just follow the book through from cover to cover and take notes for things he emphasizes and then do the practice questions in the book and on the cd. You will pass the exam! Make sure you have a computer to screw around with as well. His tips can be tested and it will help steer you out of confusing questions on the exam because you know which scenarios will not work. I just wrote the core hardware and scored a 913 and i expect to do the same for the operating systems exam next week. (...) remember Comptia's tests are adaptive and you only have thirty minutes. with his book i was done in eleven minutes. Way to go Mikey. Keep up the good work. Every computer technician should have a copy!
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Summary: Book was good....
Review: Very good book. Helped me pass both A+ exams the first time. I have been in the IT field for about 5 years, so I already had a good overall PC knowledge, but had to pass the A+ before I can become IBM certified for work. Reading this book cover to cover filled in a lot of the gaps in my knowledge. I took all the practice exams at the end of each chapter and all of the tests on the CD. I did come across several questions that we just out right wrong on the CD. I agree with several other reviewers that the book was much better than the CD. Overall, I still give the book 5 stars because the content was there, very complete, and very up to date...including Windows 2000. The author's writing style also helped readability, which is important on a 1000+ page book.
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Summary: There is none better.
Review: There are many books that give you the details you need for earning your A+, but none that I've seen is even close to as well written as Meyers' book is. If you have any interest in the subject at all, you will simply enjoy reading it! With its gazillian pages (by actual count), this is important. I had already earned my A+, and was informed that I might be chosen to teach it. Even though I know that the college I might be teaching for uses another book, and even though I still have the text I used to earn my A+ (and it is still current), I bought THIS one to study for review purposes. I had borrowed a friend's copy before, and was impressed with its readability. I simply can't recommend this book any more highly.
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