what book to buy at comptia online store for 2006 exam

otakun85

what is the best book to get for the a+ certification role of pc tech

Plantwiz

Sybex's latest book is pretty good.
Scott Mueller's PC Repair books are good
experience (actually should be first, but you were looking for books).
Meyers A-I-O still good.

WindowsLM

after hibernating since november i decided to take the A+ first before starting on the microsoft exams.

the book i bought after reading various reviews for the current books is this one

it covers all 4 exams, the only problem is the objectives are spread out through the entire book.

ex. objective 1.1 might be in chapter 1,2,9,17,22

pros:

huge book, excellant pictures, and a cd with video tutorials

cons:

hard to read straight through

this is based off the reviews i read. i chose this over the meyers book because a lot of people that used the meyers book said that they needed extra materials, or the ones that used solely the meyers book passed but had very low scores.

again this is only based off reviews, i have just begun studing for the new tests and hope to take them within a few weeks. I will most likey take test 601,602 and 603. If and hopefully when i pass the tests i'll write a mini review of the book compared to what i was tested over.

CaptainMorgan

WindowsLM wrote:

the book i bought after reading various reviews for the current books is this one

it covers all 4 exams, the only problem is the objectives are spread out through the entire book.

ex. objective 1.1 might be in chapter 1,2,9,17,22

pros:
huge book, excellant pictures, and a cd with video tutorials

cons:
hard to read straight through

I have this one too... here are my pros and cons for the book
pros:
1) very in-depth,
2) visual aids help learning,
3) accurate and taught by a Ph.D.

cons:
1) too big of a book - I am always on the go and the mere size of this book makes it impossible to take it with me
2) no practice exams after reading through and yes very hard to read through, I've finished about half ways through and I've owned it since August.

In summary, I use this book as a standstill, in place and whenever I am in the neighborhood I read a few pages. Meyer's book is more concise and his Passport series what I truly counted on to pass my Essentials this past week.

-Capt

Plantwiz

CaptainMorgan wrote:

I have this one too... here are my pros and cons for the book
pros:
...
3) accurate and taught by a Ph.D.

Careful, that's not always a "Pro". I"m not saying so in this case, but there are paper PhD's floating around claiming to be experts when all they did was pay a ton of money for a piece of paper to 'say' they know a lot. I personally don't use that as a measure of someone's competency. FWIW

CaptainMorgan

Plantwiz wrote:

Careful, that's not always a "Pro". I"m not saying so in this case, but there are paper PhD's floating around claiming to be experts when all they did was pay a ton of money for a piece of paper to 'say' they know a lot. I personally don't use that as a measure of someone's competency. FWIW

Obviously... but I find it hard to believe a publisher like this one would put the book into production knowing the person was not a Ph.D. even though they said they were. The content of the book is alright enough to believe it as such. FWIW, last I recall, Mike Meyer's doesn't have an advanced degree and his product is superbly better than this book.

-Capt

freetech

Mike Meyers books have always been good.
That's who I recomend.