COMPTIA A+ 2006 In Depth (Paperback)

by Jean Andrews (Author)
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Product Description
This comprehensive certification solution not only provides thorough preparation for CompTIA's latest A+® certification exams but also provides you with real-worldinstruction on everything you need to know to support and troubleshoot computer hardware and software. Updated to include the most current technologies, with a new chapter on securing your PC and small network, CompTIA A+ 2006 In Depthtakes you from the "just-a-user" level to the "I-can-fix-this" level on all PC hardware and software matters. Coverage is balanced. While focusing on new hardware and software, the text also covers the real work of PC repair, where some older technology remains in widespread use and still needs support. It also covers all operating systems–every Windows® OS, as well as Linux® and Mac® OS. All the content that relates to CompTIA's A+ Essentials, 220-602, 220-603, and 220-604 certification exams is highlighted with an A+ icon that denotes the exam name and the objective number that the content refers to. This unique feature highlights the relevant content at a glance so that you can pay extra attention to this material, but it also helps put exam information into context. Additional callouts provide helpful test-taking hints and tips to remember for exam day. With comprehensive coverage of all hardware and software topics, CompTIA A+ 2006 In Depth is a text you'll be sure to refer to again and again, long after you've passed the exam.

About the Author
Jean Andrews has more than 30 years of experience in the computer industry, including more than 13 years in the college classroom. She has worked in a variety of businesses and corporations designing, writing, and supporting application software; managing a PC repair help desk; and troubleshooting wide area networks. She has written numerous books on software, hardware, and the Internet, including the bestselling A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, 6th Edition, and A+ Guide to Hardware: Managing, Maintaining and Troubleshooting, Fourth Edition. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1360 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology PTR; 2 edition (November 21, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1598633511
• ISBN-13: 978-1598633511
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.5 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #129,452 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Extremely useful!, January 9, 2007

By	Matthew Stavola - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book was essential for me to pass the 220-601 and 220-602 CompTIA A+ exam. Dr. Andrews gives an in-depth and easy to read analysis of what is required for the exam and to be a successful field or remote technician. The only thing I suggest for anyone planning to take the exam is that this book is big and heavy and covers all material involved with this subject. There is a lot of material to cover (1200 pages, actually.) because it contains information involving all four exams (You only need two to pass.). Also, the information pretaining to 220-601 and 220-602 is spread out over all twenty-two chapters!
Take some time to break down the exam objectives before taking on this monster--reading straight through will drive you nuts. Since the A+ has just recently been updated, there aren't many options for study material yet. This book is definately the best price at only forty dollars and, in my opinion, the best choice because the amount of material it covers. I'd love to see a few cram books based on this material geared toward the specific exams for A+, but other than that, an extremely useful and exceptional study tool.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book...Helped me pass., April 10, 2007

By	William Doolittle "Bill" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I thought this book was very useful in helping me pass the A+ exams (Essentials + 202-602) It has a great layout with the A+ focus areas, questions at the end of each chapter, great dictionary in the back, and covers absolutely everything, including things that aren't on the exam but are still useful in the 'real practical' world. If you're going for your exams I would recommend this book, after all I passed it with my practical experience and just this book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Useless with out test cd, August 3, 2007

By	Abiezer Q. Diaz Maldonado - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've bougth this book but as a kit (the book, some flash cards and a cd with 4 a lot of practice exam for each topic of the test) I've pass the two exams (601 and 602) in the first try, but the book was useless. It's a really good book for reference, but not for the test. I recomend you to buy all the kit because what really help to pass was the prectice cd.