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| OK, I found something that might be of use to those people looking to get into PC Tech work but have absolutlely NO experience and are trying to learn at home.
Mark Minasi has a package called his "Seminar In A Box", available at Amazon here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...3672271-7286167
The package is 80 bucks, and includes 5 CD's, his "PC Upgrade and Repair" textbook, a lab workbook to help cement the concepts being covered, and two full-length VHS cassettes, showing Minasi dissassembling and reassembling a computer, identifying the components and so on. This would be especially valuable for those who are looking to get started on their A+ or ESA-CST certifications but have not the time nor money for attending a school to teach them. The package is geared mainly toward total newbies to the tech world and is not specifically geared towards preparing for the A+ exam, but I found it to be an extraordinary value and the videos could be of great help to those who need to actually SEE what a book just talks about. The instructions are simple and detailed and are great for someone eager to "get their hands dirty" by actually attempting computer repair at home.
I notice Minasi's work tends to get sidelined in favour of Meyers' and Groth's, but I feel that this was such an outstanding place for total beginners to start that I just had to make mention of it.
Hope this helps someone. | |
| imran1430 2001-05-18, 10:55 pm |
| I cant believe 207 people looked at this post and not on said thx for the help... sad 
I'll check it out Randy 
Ye dunya bhee ajeeb hai. | |
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| The price tag probably stopped them, lol! It seems like a lot, but for beginners, the value is really incredible, especially since Minasi is addressing non-techs for the most part . . . his seminars are designed to help non-techs get their machine working, so it would be a great jumping off point for those interested in the A+ or CST. |
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