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Title: A+ JumpStart: PC Hardware and Operating Systems Basics by Faithe Wempen, Craig Hunt ISBN: 0-7821-4126-9 Publisher: Sybex Pub. Date: 15 July, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A generally good book, with a few flaws
Comment: The A+ jumpstart professes to be an introduction to the basic info you'll need to know for your A+ exam. If you don't know what the A+ exam is, this book will tell you, and even if you arent interested in getting certified ever, you'll learn a lot of basics about PCs. Those who are serious about getting A+ certitified however should beware and take note that this is NOT an all in one guide. For that I would reffer you to the "All in One A+ Certification Exam Guide" By Michael Meyers. So don't expect to learn it all in this one book.
What this book will do is give you a pretty good place to start if you have no idea where to begin on your quest to getting A+ certified. It tries to "jumpstart" you, by giving you the basic run down of many key concepts and facts. Generally it does a pretty good job of this, but in some places it falls short.
Where? Well.. it's tough to write a book at this level. In some places the book tells you stuff that is so basic it's almost common sense, and in other instances the book assumes you already know things that many people may not (such as the fact computers use binary numbers to process and store data). It's a bit akward, and some of the more basic computing concepts are ignored, it's difficult to tell whether they were left out by chance, or were left out because the author considered them "advanced" and unnecessary to begin with.
The book also has a habit of asking you to remember stuff it never talked about. It will say things like "remember when you learned such and such from chapter 2" when in reality chapter 2 only made a passing comment about what it's reffering to. It almost seems at times as if the book is a chopped down version of an all in one, more coprehensive book. But this doesnt detract too much from the over all experience.
I did notice one major typo on page 98... In the paragraph it says "with 16 bit color you get 256 colors"... then in the table right below it, it clearly shows 16 bit color as having 65,536 colors. It's a good thing I already understood color depth enough to notice the mistake and know which was correct (the table). Many introductary tech books dont get enough attention from the editors, and I could just imagine how confusing this may be to someone who didnt already know about color depth. Come on guys, do better editing!
Yet still, the book is a pretty good place to start if you're looing into A+ cert and don't know where to begin and want a quick overview or intro. But I would strongly suggest Mike Meyer's book as a second step or to anyone REALLY serious about A+ Cert.
Rating: 5
Summary: Easy to Understand, learn quickly, Great Pictures.
Comment: Studying for the A+ Cert Exam? Start with this book definetely. Everything is well written and easy to understand. Wished more books were written like this. Then from here go to the Michael Myers Book. Good luck!!!
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent for the beginner
Comment: This is not the only book you'll need to study for the A+ exams, but it's definitely the first book you should read if you don't have much background in PC hardware yet. It lays out the basics for every exam objective in language that anyone can understand. If you would like to get A+ certified but you find those big 1000-page books intimidating and confusing, try this book first. After you read it, the bigger books will make much more sense.
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Title: MCSE 2000 JumpStart: Computer Network Basics by Lisa Donald, Patrick Ciccarelli, Dan Newland ISBN: 0782127495 Publisher: Sybex Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: A+ PC Technician's Pocket Reference by Brian Schwarz ISBN: 0072229055 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 28 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, 4th Edition by Michael Meyers ISBN: 0072222743 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 15 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: A+ Complete Lab Manual, 3rd Edition by Donald R. Evans, Scott Johnson ISBN: 0782142516 Publisher: Sybex Pub. Date: 15 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: How Computers Work (6th Edition) by Ron White, Timothy Downs ISBN: 0789725495 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 10 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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