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A+ Certification and PC Repair Guide (2nd Edition)
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Author: Pete Moulton
List Price: $49.99
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ISBN: 0130652032
Publisher: Prentice Hall (15 January, 2002)
Edition: Hardcover
Sales Rank: 715,527
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 4 out of 5
Better than the first edition but s few updates are needed.
When I passed the A+ Exam I used a lot of material to study from. I had no idea of Prentice Hall and this book and that's too bad. Whether striving for the certification of trying to become a better technician this book has something for everyone and all technical levels can benefits from what's contained in the book. While this edition is smaller that the previous one, don't let that sway you into thinking information may have been left out. Almost the opposite is true as I see every exam objective given more than enough coverage. Divided into two parts as are most A+ books, this one begin wi9th the hardware exam and tackles the topics like the boot process, upgrading and troubleshooting, safety, CPUs, motherboards, ram, printers, portables and finally networking. While the coverage for portables and printers is enough to pass the exam a little more information could have been included. From the part two is the operating systems exam. What I really like is the fact that DOS and Windows 3.X was included giving you a starting and reference point to today's operating systems. Also coverage of the Windows 95, 98 and ME, again this is something you find anywhere else, and Windows 2000 Professional, what I think may need to included is Windows NT Workstation. Memory and file management as well as networking and troubleshooting the operating systems rounds out the topics. There is review questions at the end of each chapter, but hands-on labs or exercises should have been included as well as a cd with practice test to allow you try before going live. Overall a decent study tool and this book should give you a good chance of passing the exam.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Not a real good start
Even though this is a very informative book, it has it's drawbacks. The information is true for the majority of the book, but has a small amount of inaccuracies. Given that this is a technical book, the text could be a disadvantage to an individual trying to pass the CompTIA exam. I would not discourage someone to use this book to pass the A+ exam, nor would I suggest it. There are many well written guides that may be less confusing than Mr. Moulton's literature.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Bottom of the Pile
I read this book cover to cover and it left me with more questions than answers. This book just teases you and then leaves you high and dry. As a source of general knowledge, the book is not bad...not good, but not horrible. It's explanations are relatively lucid. As a resource for installing and troubleshooting hardware, the book fails quite miserably. And just to annoy you, after each chapter there are multiple choice questions that the text doesn't answer. At best you have to make a leap of faith to answer the questions from the knowledge the text provides. Don't waste your money. There are far better books out there, and for the price, you can have your pick of the litter. Pete Moulton might have gotten 1,200 Compaq employees to pass the A+ Exam, but it wasn't by having them read his book. You may be a lot more knowledgeable about computers after reading this book, but you won't be anything resembling a service technician.
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