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.

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!!!

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.

I basicly see this book as an art book. Enjoy the design of old and contemporary trademarks and their functions. The text though, is very technical - as in other areas of marketing, the science of trademarks and branding is overacademized for nothing.

This is a beatifully designed book that is very complete. There are hundreds of examples of good design, and enough text to satisfy those who need detailed explanations. Quite simply, I have seen nearly all the books available on logo design, and this one of the best I have ever seen.

Per Mollerup's Marks of Excellence is an interesting and beautifully illustrated look at trademarks. The most interesting part for me are the little anecdotes which occur here and there about particular trademarks. For example the Guinness harp is based on the O'Neill clan harp, when the Irish State was formed in 1922 they had to reverse the harp because Guinness owned the copyright.
The look and feel of the book is similar to any of the Graphis range. The book begins with a brief look at the precursors of trademarks such as heraldry, monograms and brands for animals and goods. It then examines the design process looking at the type of corporate identities that can be created and their application. The bulk of the book though is the taxonomy of trademarks breaking them down into classes, such as birds, botanical, buildings etc. There is a brief look at the background to the trademark accompanied by the name of company which uses the trademark and the designers behind it.

The book is well organized and presents the various capabilities of Exchange 2000 in a useful manner. I found it to be a very good grounding in all of the basic knowledge that you would need to install and administer an Exchange Server/Organisation.
I noticed some errors in the book, but they are few and do not distract from the usefulness of this book in preparing for the 70-224 Microsoft Exchange MCP Test.

However it does not teach you everything you should know (information you gain through practical experience and "just by knowing the product"). My first attempt at the 70-224 Test was not successful (I just missed it by a couple of points) which served to show me the level of my own knowledge and the level of information that this book provides (Tip: check out also the functions of utilities like ESEUTIL and ISINTEG). So don't rely on this book to supply the complete works ! But as I said before, it is very good for the basic knowledge.

A major criticism that I have of the practice tests provided with the book is that they are all too simple! The test questions in the book are mainly short and simple, or describe a scenario which is not too complicated. In the real test, the questions are generally quite complicated scenarios; much more complex that what is provided in the book. In the real test that I experienced, there were very few simple questions. Maybe that I did so well in the test (just missed a pass mark) is a good recommendation for using this book?

My own practical background in Exchange helped a lot. 4 years with Exchange 5, 12 months with Exchange 2000; installed multiple Exch2000 Clusters and FrontEnd/BackEnd-Servers plus "normal" standalone Exch2000 Servers.

I found this book more easier to understand than the "Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 Implementation and Administration Training Kit". This text is better organized with regard to the correct order of tasks to perform from the first chapter to the end. The other text tends to force you to search around. In addition, the text is more straightforward. Passing 70-224 isn't a breeze like the other exams. Experience is a mandatory to get Exchange to work properly with Active Directory. This text will ease the burden of understanding the details of the necessary skills.

It is obvious that a lot of thought went into the planning and writing of this book. Unlike Sybex's 70-240 book, this book is extremely well organized and well presented.

The writing is clear, not wasting valuable space and time with redundant text. There are some errors in this book, like on page 336 where a cut/paste from the previous transport stack excercise is obvious, but that is more attributable to bad editing than anything else. While the errors are annoying, they are far fewer than most books, ESPECIALLY the 70-240 book.

Since there are no other practice test resources available until Q3 of 2001, the included CD contains some very valuable preparation tools.

This book is a complete, clear and organized resource and I highly recommmend it. Kudos to the author!

I recently used this book to study for the SNA Server 4 exam and found it to be very good. There are very few study guides for this exam but it will get you though with some cross referencing from some of the excellent technet artcles on this subject. A couple of sections are not as clear as they could be but overall a very good book.

We had already implemented SNA Server before looking into this book, but it has shown to be a valuable reference tool. SNA Server is sometimes a tough application to work with due to it's quirkiness, and Microsoft doesn't have as many people strong in supporting it as other applications. We sort of felt left out on our own before bringing in this book as a reference.

We do APPC, 3287 printing, TN3270, and straight 3270 using SNA server and this book has valuable information on each of those features. I am pretty strong in SNA since I come from an IBM shop, but for those not that confident with SNA this book seems to explain things well so you can pick it up quickly.

If you are planning an SNA Server installation or have one already and are finding support to be a little lean out there, do yourself a favor and get this book it's a great help.

I have been supporting SNA Server for more than a year and I have been looking for a good book that covers the implementation of SNA Server that would also prepare me to take the Microsoft exam. This book does it all. It gives a good overview of the product and its uses while going into just enough depth to satisfy those of us who have to support SNA Server on a daily basis.

I was also able to easily pass the Microsoft exam just on the basis of my experience with SNA Server and this book.

This is a great book for ER residents or medical students desiring a concise text of emergency radiology.

I am an emergecy medicine physician.I first bought this edition as a resident;I found it excellent then and now.It is written in an easy to learn format,with radiographs and illustrations side by side for comparison.As it's only 105 pages ,it can be read quickly. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to all students and residents.Hat's off for a great book.Buy it!

This book is very technical so for the beginners in GPS i can not recommed you to read this book. however, for scientific community, this book is "a must'

These volumes comprehensively treat the entire body of knowledge concerning GPS control, satellites, propagation, receivers, and use. There is an extensive discussion of GPS errors: raw, differential, corrected, and the encrypted precise positioning service.

Unlike IEEE volumes that seem to be magazine articles jammed together, these volumes appear to use systematic, top-down architecture of the outline. Each section is a coherent explanation of the topic, without any unevenness in coverage.

The authors are well-known principals in this field. Spilker, for instance, has generated the most significant books in digital communications; modulation and demodulation being his specialty.

I found these volumes to be so impressive that I bought the set for my personal use.

This book is accurate with VERY few errors. It covers all the topics required for the exam but not in the depth required to pass the exam. This book is good on installation and configuration issues but weak on the theory behind topics such as WINS and IP ADDRESSING. This being my first MCSE 2000 exam, I failed it the first time around. A lot of question that came out weren't covered in the book. This book should be complemented with another book. I read Mark Minasi's Windows 2000 server(Fantastic book, I give it a triple 5 star rating). I passed the exam second time around. A WORD OF WARNING MCSE 2000 EXAMS ARE MUCH MORE DEMANDING THAN PREVIOUS EXAMS. I HAD A FIXED LENGTH EXAM 55 QUESTIONS IN 2HOURS 35 MINUTES. I FINISHED WITH 1 MINUTE TO SPARE. THE REASON IS THAT A GOOD 85% OF THE QUESTIONS ARE SCENARIO BASED,WITH MULTIPLE ANSWERS. THIS REQUIRES ATTENTION TO DETAIL ALSO AFTER 90 MINUTES YOU ARE MENTALLY DRAINED.

This book is very well written, easy to read, and covers the subject matter perfectly. Anyone who has at least a little bit of AD experiance and reads this book should have no problems passing the exam.

With the the seemingly little selection of quality prep books for the design exams, I wasn't expecting much-- but I must say I was pleasantly surprised. This book covered exactly what it was intended for, not the "how's", but the "why's" you will be expected to know for this exam. Just like the author says, don't take this exam until you have passed the AD implementation first. I found this book clear, concise, VERY accurate, and doesn't take long at all to read the entire book. It has the right combination of what you need to pass, without having to read 1,000 pages. It seems that the Dummies books may now be the best "exam crams" for W2K, judging by reviews for the other Dummies books. Now if they would just hurry up and make the Network Design book!

I used this book in conjunction with Exam Cram and found it more thorough, as well as more understandable. I got an excellent score on the test and purchased more books in this series.

I found this book good for my exam revisions. All the practise questions were useful as well. The format of this book is excellent, and Exam tips and traps are very helpful. And the section where they reverse-engineer several practise questions is excellent, as it show how the tests are made, and what the commonly used "confusers" are.

However, I must add a ", but". The book misses some of the things you must know for the exam. Even worse are the errors in this book. There are several errors that should have been spotted by the author and the technical advisors.

I like the format of this book, but it does miss out on some things, and there are errors in the book. A good alternative to this book is the Sybex "MCSE exam notes" series.

I used this book in combination with the Transcender exams and was seriously OVERPREPARED for the test.

It has tons of useful pointers and tells you which areas you are most likely to be tested on.

It also comes with a handy tear-out guide in the front that you can use as a quick reminder of key points from each section. Perfect for last-minute cramming!

This book is very detailed and I like it a lot, but in order for it to be truly effective, you need to be able to set up BizTalk Server 2000 and play with it along with the book. However, in order to do this, you need, according to the book:

(A) One computer running Windows 2000 Server (pref Adv Server if you want to do more of the robust features) on which you would install SQL Server 2000
(B) Another computer running Win 2K Server (or Adv Server again) on which you would install BizTalk Server 2000
(C) A Win 2K domain with ADS to connect to, so you'll probably need another computer running Win 2K server with DHCP, DNS, ADS installed
(D) Ideally, another computer to use as your workstation
(E) If you want to do any Clustering or Network Load Balancing (NLB), you'll need even more machines

So, just keep in mind what you're getting into. BizTalk is a great tool and very powerful and, as I stated before, the book is extrememly useful, but the hardware required to go along with the examples is a bit daunting.

Precised. Easy to follow. The subjects are very well organized. Reviews (Questions-Answers) at the end of each chapter are great for testing yourself on the subject.... Highly recommended for an exam prep. With some hands-on experience on a Biztalk Server, I used this book to coach myself, in less than a week, for the examination and passed it. Great as a quick reference for troubleshooting a Biztalk application too.

Some things to keep in mind -
1) BizTalk is not a toy - it is an enterprise tool - so of course you will need enterprise level hw/sw requirements to set it up and use it
2) Don't judge the quality of the book based on the requirements of the software
3) Please re-write your review to cover the book, not your issues with using the software

I used the book to study for the Workstation exam and it help me pass it. Very straightforward and focuses on the material for the exam. However do not use it as your only source of study. Combine with other books such as the Windows NT Workstation Resource Kit so you can cover the details.

I am in the process of studying for the MCSE exams, I passed one - Workstation NT. This was the first book I read, I also read the Microsoft Technical Support Guide. The difference is that the Carter book has an 'author' and he builds a relationship with the reader which enables you to better understand the material. At times he seems a little bit too simplistic, however this is indicative of Carter's straightforward style.

Also the book is a bit repetitive in places, yet I passed the exam (workstation) successfully and the key concepts mapped out in this text have given me a sound basis for future study. The hands on workshops are also essential in reinforcing the theory.

I would recommend this text and a software test such as selftest.com questions. Inevitably as your knowledge expands you will need to get hands on experience (do the workshops), and test experience with a program that simulates the real test.

This is a very well written book which demonstrates the 'insider' knowledge that Carter brings to the text. He seems to understand the learning process a lot better than the Microsoft text, also he isn't afraid to teach to pass the exam as inevitably exams test how well you are at passing exams.

This book addresses both these issues well (passing the exam & understanding key NT WKS concepts). Happy studying :-)

This book has all you need to pass the workstation exam. It is easy to understand if you are not that familiar with Nt4.0. The Author really knows what he is talking about because I passed with 933/1000. Add Exam Cram and Transcenders and you have a winning combination.