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Summary: Very comprehensive
Review: A great book for learning what you need to know for the exam then some. The author's writing style is easy to read, informative and entertaining. I have taken a numbe of practice exams after completing the book and have passed with a very high score each time. Way to go Mike!Highly recommended!
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Summary: Good on Hardware, Not so Good on OS
Review: I just took the A+ exam and passed. I used this book and some internet rescources (certyourself.com, cramsession.com). This book did a great job of preparing me for the Hardware exam but did not do the same for the OS exam. I scored 1041 on hardware, but only 641 on the OS. There were a lot of questions on Win2K that were not covered in this book. I found myself seeing many things on the test for the first time and feeling rather dumb. Good book for an introduction, but you will probably need more reinforcement on Win2K unless you have used it extensively.
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Summary: Excellent book to help you study for the A+ exam
Review: This is the book that I used to brush up and study with before taking my A+ and passing both tests the same day. I feel that this book is well writen and has humor in all the right areas (trust me humor is very important when studying a 1000+ page book). Author Michael Meyers kept my interest from beginning to end and I wasn't bored through the book. Some would say that he goes way to far in to subjects taht aren't covere on the test, but my feeling is that the areas that he covers either are good to know as an IT professional or help you to understand the relevant matter better and more completely. Mind I do have 3 years professional experiance and over 15 years of hobbyist, so take this for what it is worth.
Now if only his Network + book was up to date on the 2001 Objectives and testing methods.
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Summary: After returning others this was the best!!
Review: I am one of those people who doesn't hang onto purchases that don't come up to snuff. When I was A+ book shopping I sat in stores and started reading several. I ended up buying and returning three other books because I'd find out that they were either poorly written, didn't contain enough info or were just plain off target giving info that was simply useless. Well I'm happy to say that Michael Meyers' "All-In-One A+ Certification Exam Guide" was almost the perfect book for the job. All in all it was well written, thorough, and personally I think that even if you didn't have computer experience you could pass the CompTIA exams with just this book if you studied thoroughly from cover to cover. I'm sure of it! And with Mr. Meyers' sense of humour it is fun as well. The CD contained a great set of practice exams including an awesome adaptive test engine that was dead-on in my opinion. I kept reading and re-reading the book until my scores on the practise test engine were to my satisfaction and then I took the real exams. My real exam marks matched very well with my marks with Meyers' test engine on the CD!!! Every text book has errors but these are completely covered on the web and since either Mr. Meyers himself or his staff are constantly reading the alt.certification.a-plus newsgroup most errors have been caught long ago and new printings don't have them. In case you are wondering, I do not know Michael Meyers personally I'm just very enthusiastic with his product! You simply COULD NOT GO WRONG if you bought Michael Meyers' "All-In-One A+ Certification Exam Guide"! (And with all my pavement pounding coming to this conclusion all YOU have to do is click on the 'Add to Cart' button. hehe) Good luck with your exams!!
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Summary: excellent book
Review: Written for novices and experienced techs. Micheal Meyers A+ book was all I needed to pass the A+ exam. Why? Mike Meyers writes his book in a way that shows you what you need to know, in a way you can understand and not lose interest in, even with a sense of humor here and there. The diagrams are great. This book is meant for people of all learning styles. Everything on the test was on this book, the CD roms practice tests are very useful. I can keep writing paragraphs and paragraphs why this book is great but let me put it like this. Do you want to pass the A+ exam? Do you want to be an efficiant Computer Tech? Do you hardly know anything about troubleshooting or computer hardware for that matter? Do you want to take the first step to becoming an accomplished IT professional? If you answered yes to any of these questions then this is the only book you will need. Because of this book I went from being a computer novice to becoming a proficient Technician, which helps me now pursue a Network + and CCNA certification. On his way to becoming a IT professional.
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Summary: I enjoyed using this book!
Review: Yesterday I approved the exams. I needed only a month,in the evenings after work to study for them, and I used only this book and the original MS-DOS 5.0 manual.
It's so enjoyable , I read it twice, once from page 1 to the end, like a novel, and then did it again slowly, getting really into each chapter.
Use the CD! The tests in it are very good, and you can get many more, in a special CD-Rom if you connect to Mr. Meyers site. Don't bother trying to get the number key to open other tests, that company went broke.
I couldn't get the CD with the exams because they, the sales people, seem to be unable to obtain the cost of shipping and handling (Mr. Meyers should get an assistant!) but, really, now I don't care anymore, I approved both tests anyways ( I saved over $70!) :-)
When you finish the exams they ask to fill a survey, one of the questions asked how much you spent preparing for the tests.
I only spend the cost of this book! (less than $100 was my choice)
There are very few mistakes, particularly in the answers of some tests at the end of each chapter, but you can get them rigth.
I know somewhere in the author site there is (was?) a list of the mistakes, but I was unable to find it. They did a good job hidding it. A pity really.
I recommend absolutely this book, I wish that all authors were so pedagogic, it's so easy to understand everything! (only Dan Gookin was easier, try its "C for Dummies"!!!)
Perhaps Mr. Meyers can write also for the MCSE, that's my next stop.
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Summary: A great Book
Review: This book was probably the best book to help me get ready for the exam. I read throough the entire book and just looked over some of the practice exams on the CD that was included in the book and had no problem acing the exam. I think this book helped me more than any other book I could have purchased. Also there is not any other book that could have helped me more to pass the test. Now also what I looked most about it was that it had a very helpful review over the important material at the end of the chapter with keywords so that helped a great deal. What they could have done though is put more pracice exams included with the CD-Rom I think that would have been most helpful and also if the tests were a little more like the exam. I think they recently changed the exam but even with this book I was able to pass with flying colors.
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Summary: Don't look any further!!!
Review: This book covers more than you need to know,
which makes it a superb reference.
I learned heaps from it.
Don't fear the A+ exam as it is
pretty straightforward. The questions a
are not confusing, which cannot be said
of most MCSE related exams.
The CD is really good as well,although there
are a few errors. If you can spot them it means
you know your stuff.
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Summary: Excellent - but "may" not be enough to pass
Review: I read this entire book, and got my A+. But I also had to get an additional 2000 questions off the internet. It "basically" covers all areas of both exams. But i wouldnt depend on this book only. There is in fact alot of information that this book does not include, that you will probaly see on the test.
Like scenario's involving WinNT and 9x. This book is good for building a foundation regarding PC's, especially if your a newbie.
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Summary: An Awesome Resouce!!
Review: I am a newbie at this computer stuff, but I had to get cert. for my job. I thought this book was great. The pictures are clear, there's lots of them, and his explainations are easy to grasp and simple; however, he does not dumb it down, so if you have some experience you won't die of boredom! The CD is good, too. I passed on my first try because of this book. I recommend it, but don't try to read it in bed--it weighs in at about 7 pounds!
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