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Summary: Good supplement, but not nearly enough for the 70-270 Exam
Review: I like this book a lot, but you're kidding yourself if you think you can pass the exam with this book alone. I read the Windows XP Exam Prep, did the Learnkey CBT, read the Exam Cram AND this book. When I did a Transcender practice test, I failed with a 500 out of a possible 1000. Transcender gave me the ultimate reality check and let me know that I'm still not ready to take the test. I'm just going to keep working on my Transcender CD until I get it nailed. Good luck!
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Summary: Well spent 20 bucks.
Review: I picked up this book because I had read the Mike Meyers book on A+ Certification, and found that book to be excellent as far as information, and it was also not at all boring to read. I can say that this book continues that trend, even improving upon it. I found this to be very informative as a test prep book, and it actually had me laughing in parts. Haven't seen many computer books reference Nigel Tufnel before. Oh, and I passed the exam on the first try.
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Summary: Concise, informative, yet not enough to cover entire exam.
Review: It would have been the best book if the author added about 100 pages with more information and more sample questions. Considering its size, neverthless, it's packed with all the valuable lessons along with which is more important than which. This book alone will not guarantee pass on the exam nor be sufficient. It might go very well with the book from Microsoft press which has most that can show up on the exam, but at the same time, it's somewhat boring to read and contains quite a few unnecessary lessons. However, you would know what to focus on after reading Mike Meyer's book.
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Summary: Concepts are covered but in insufficient detail
Review: Mike Meyers is an insightful author and is extremely knowledgeable of the topics that are discussed in the text. The book covers all of the outlined Microsoft objectives in condensed format, assuming that the reader has sufficient knowledge of, and experience with, WindowsXP. I would recommend using this text in conjunction with a reputable study guide when pursuing the WindowsXP certification. I purchased the book with the single objective of introducing myself to the enhanced features of the XP operating system and I am confident that the book accomplished this objective.
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Summary: Another well-written book
Review: Mr. Culp continues to entertain while he educates. Look for the subtle nuances in his writing that seperate him from the rest of the technophiles.
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Summary: More concise than other books
Review: Out of all the books I looked at for the 70-270 exam, this was the most accurate. I bought the Exam-Cram series book, and thought it was poorly writen, loaded with irrelevant information, and the practice test included with it was horrible. The Mike meyers book was well writen, informative, had a good practice test, and overall was a great study guide. But even with both books, it took me two tests to pass the 70-270. Mike Myers book isn't all you'll need for test day, but it's the best study guide on the market. The thing about Microsoft's tests is that the questions can be broad, and require hands on experience to anwser them.
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Summary: Excellent book, poor CD-ROM based practice exam
Review: The book itself is well written and covers a lot of gound for such in relatively few pages. The CD-ROM is awful; questions that are difficult to decipher because of poor spacing (where does answer B end and answer C begin?)
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Summary: Not quite detailed enough
Review: This book is a good resource for day to day XP administration but doesn't go into sufficient detail to be the only study guide for taking the 70-270 exam. Many questions on the exam are not even hinted at in this book. This should be studied first and followed up with more comprehensive exam prep material.
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Summary: short & sweet
Review: This is a small book but it packs it in. I'd hate to have to slug my way through an uncondensed course book. I read this cover to cover over three weeks on the train to and from work.Even in the condensed form this course requires persistence to pound your way through it. Brain's writting style makes the course an easier read with plenty of signposting and summaries to emphasise those areas that you will be likely to be tested hardest on. Each chapter has a review section and ten or so questions to help you guage whether you have grasped the topic or not. The book is aimed at those with previous exposure to windows and networking environments but even still some areas do get a little tedious if you are well versed in such an area. Brian expects that you will be able to get some hands on access to practice some areas. I guess it would be a little rude to say your certified in an OS that you've never actually had hands on experience with... but hey, if you can pass the test... The software that comes on the CD with the book is pretty poor. That said it still acheives the desired result. The software exam is 60 questions. You can do the exam in two modes - one with answers and explanations, the other only tells you your results for each area and works to give you a guide to your weeknesses and strengths.
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