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Does anyone recommend using Comptia's e learning courses offered by Element K? Or should I study with textbooks?

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Essendon

If the course is just as overpriced as their exams, I'd steer away from it. Is your employer paying for it?

gosh1976

I've sampled quite a few of the element k courses and the quality varies greatly. Some of the courses are great and some of them are just horrible.

I have a subscription through IEEE so I decided to go take a look at the A+ stuff. It looks ok - How much is it going to cost? I wouldn't pay much. If it's free or close to free it might be a decent second or third resource.

Stick with the Mike Meyers books and others mentioned on this site, professor messer videos, an old pc you can take apart, and a good practice test from a reputable vendor.

rogue2shadow

gosh1976 wrote: »

I've sampled quite a few of the element k courses and the quality varies greatly. Some of the courses are great and some of them are just horrible.

I have a subscription through IEEE so I decided to go take a look at the A+ stuff. It looks ok - How much is it going to cost? I wouldn't pay much. If it's free or close to free it might be a decent second or third resource.

Stick with the Mike Meyers books and others mentioned on this site, professor messer videos, an old pc you can take apart, and a good practice test from a reputable vendor.

+1. The Jean Andrews books were pretty good too (try to grab em used if you decide to):
Amazon.com: A+ Guide to Hardware: Managing, Maintaining and Troubleshooting (9781435487383): Jean (Jean Andrews) Andrews: Books
Amazon.com: A+ Guide to Software: Managing, Maintaining, and Troubleshooting (9781435487376): Jean (Jean Andrews) Andrews: Books

vox

im going to have my employer pay for the courses. if anyone has course recommendations please let me know.

thanks!

Souljacker

Mike meyers books are the best in the business. I like Jean Andrews' books too, but hers tend to be incredibly thick and a dry read and does have some errors (read through the amazon reviews to see a blatant one regarding Hyperthreading and Hypertransport)......

As much as I want to support other women in the field that's the kind of error that will make you look like an idiot at an interview.