A+ Certification For Dummies 3rd Edition

This book seems like a good investment for someone just starting to study for A+ certification and needs a refresher.

I tried to wade through the big red book and all the history and blah, blah, blah but had a hard time concentrating on it after a couple pages. This 'for dummies' book cuts right to the chase. It pointed me at just the things I needed to know for the exams. The CD with the practice tests were invaluable -- I took them over and over and then reread the subjects that I didn't do well on in the practice tests. I nailed the actual exams the first time out with pretty decent scores. I highly recommend this to my friends who are studying for the exams -- my copy is out on loan and I just sent one to another friend.This is a good supplement to actual tinkering. The best way to prepare is to try the stuff in the books and get your paws into it. If you don't have a PC to monkey with, pick up an old 486 or pentium 90 at a garage sale and take it apart!

This book has some high points and some low points. Overall the high points far out wiegh the bad. First the hardware is very well presented. Clear concise and doesn't leave the reader thinking "what about that one thing" very often. However he could have gone more indepth on his explanations for number conversions, and there were some inconsitencies when he would right numbers out. The Operating system was lacking in base knowledge, but I feel that it was justified. You can't expect to take the exam with out hands on experience, and if you have had *enough* hands on experience than you will realize that he isn't lacking that much.Overall I give this book an A+. I think it servers as a great reviewer, I've read 3 different A+ prep books and I feel this was the best.

Excellent reading mater

its a book - self explanatory lol

The book was in amazing condition for the price.Can't complain one bit!

I guess the name applies because trying to pass that with this book is pretty stupid. Much of the information presented is incorrect. Also explanations are vague at times as the author probably didn't understand the material himself. An example of this would apply to both cases would be Write Back vs. Write Through caching. They are mutually exclusive alternatives to cache synchronization but the author seems to believe that they are both needed by the processor to store data and addresses and that the cache is split between them. Don't buy this dog, instead treat yourself to a nice dinner.

great product and great price