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Summary: Good on hardware, poor on OS, NO SUPPORT
Review: The hardware part of this book was great. I passed the exam with flying colours on this part. However the second part, on OSes, is largely insufficient. I got 4 or five questions in the exam (out of 30!) that clearly had never been covered in the book. The software on the accompanying CD is buggy and useless. The so-called adaptive exam is not adaptive at all and does not teach you anything about what the real thing will be like. Syngress has simply not answered my mail asking for a new version of the software. Some mistakes in the text are also unacceptable (like the Pentium II only going up to 333 MHz when it really went to 450).
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Summary: Good on hardware, poor on OS, NO SUPPORT
Review: The hardware part of this book was great. I passed the exam with flying colours on this part. However the second part, on OSes, is largely insufficient. I got 4 or five questions in the exam (out of 30!) that clearly had never been covered in the book. The software on the accompanying CD is buggy and useless. The so-called adaptive exam is not adaptive at all and does not teach you anything about what the real thing will be like. Syngress has simply not answered my mail asking for a new version of the software. Some mistakes in the text are also unacceptable (like the Pentium II only going up to 333 MHz when it really went to 450).
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Summary: Far from the best choice.
Review: There are much better texts available. This may be a good starting point, but it most likely won't get you a passing score on the exams by itself. The book and testing software are missing many key points, and are full of errors. Syngress has chosen to completely avoid supporting this title, and I for one will not purchase another Syngress title because of this blatant lack of concern for their customers.The All-in-One A+ Certification Exam Guide 3rd Edition by Michael Myers, would be a much better all in one choice.
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Summary: All the information you need
Review: This book accurately covers the 2001 objectives, and uses real-world scenarios to help you understand the concepts. The end-of-chapter test questions are great practice for the real thing!!
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Summary: All the information you need
Review: Whoever got paid for editing this book should be ashamed. I have never returned a book - until now. I returned both the soft cover and this text book. The number of errors was disgusting, considering those with no prior computer background are counting on this book to give them the information they need to pass the test! The text was bad enough, but the soft cover had answers that conflicted with the text's same questions, and the text's free software to help you test yourself was also full of mistakes. Pass this one by - try the Sybex A+ Complete. I received a score of over 90% using only this book. Good luck.
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Summary: Pitiful - Please read before buying this book
Review: Whoever got paid for editing this book should be ashamed. I have never returned a book - until now. I returned both the soft cover and this text book. The number of errors was disgusting, considering those with no prior computer background are counting on this book to give them the information they need to pass the test! The text was bad enough, but the soft cover had answers that conflicted with the text's same questions, and the text's free software to help you test yourself was also full of mistakes. Pass this one by - try the Sybex A+ Complete. I received a score of over 90% using only this book. Good luck.
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