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What is best study guide (book) to study for Microsoft Win XP exam 70-270???
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| Sully 2003-06-15, 12:25 am |
| Most definitely NOT the Sybex one. I found it to be a poorly rehashed
version of their windows 2000 Professional book.
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| hehe first sybex hater in this NG 
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| Well I'm no Sybex hater but I do think that some of their MCSE books are
over rated (their CCNA one is excellent) when compared to other offereings.
I used New Riders and Sybex concurrently for a lot of my exams and New
Riders came out on top every time. Best thing to do is go to a decent size
book shop and have a look at the various writing styles available. Then
select one you feel most feel at home with (which in my case was New Riders)
and order on-line on the cheap! Some publisher sites (such as Sybex) allow
you to download a sample chapter. HTH.
Regards,
DJKJ
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> hehe first sybex hater in this NG
> "Sully" <sullivanjm9@REMOVESPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > "marc" <noway@okay.com> wrote in message
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| Randall Hall 2003-06-15, 5:25 pm |
| Well I am a Sybex hater. As a reference, they are okay. But for learning
out of, they are limited. As a teacher, finding a good textbook is part of
the job description. All of the teachers at my school agree with me about
Sybex: reference - yes; textbook/learning aid - no.
MS Press produces some okay books, most of the time. Also, Course
Technology does a pretty good job. Those are our preferences.
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| Sully 2003-06-15, 10:24 pm |
| Yes, I totally agree, they are better used as a reference. I don't hate
Sybex per se, but their 70-270 was pitiful. I wrote a full rant about it
some time ago here on this newsgroup. I used them for the Net+ and that
book was much better, but it still wasn't great. I don't hear anyone
mention the Exam Cram2 books. I used one of those for A+ and I found it to
be very good. I may go back to them for the 70-216.
For the 70-215, I don't know yet because I haven't read all of it, but I
suspect Sybex's Mastering Windows 2000 Server by Mark Minasi will be
perfectly well suited to the task of actually teaching the material, even
though it is not directly geared toward the MCSE. So you see, I don't hate
Sybex entirely.
"Randall Hall" <rhall@satx.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Well I am a Sybex hater. As a reference, they are okay. But for learning
> out of, they are limited. As a teacher, finding a good textbook is part
of
> the job description. All of the teachers at my school agree with me about
> Sybex: reference - yes; textbook/learning aid - no.
> MS Press produces some okay books, most of the time. Also, Course
> Technology does a pretty good job. Those are our preferences.
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| Neil Edde 2003-06-16, 12:25 pm |
| Hi there,
My name is Neil Edde and I'm the Associate Publisher responsible for
Sybex's Study Guides. I spend a fair amount of time reviewing the
posts in these newsgroups, as I feel it's important to know what's on
the minds of IT certification candidates. I won't take up anyone's
time trying to defend Sybex's approach to publishing certification
Study Guides, but I will say that if anyone has any constructive
feedback that they'd like to provide me about what they do or don't
like about a particular Sybex Study Guide, or about Sybex Study Guides
in general, they should feel free to e-mail me directly at
nedde@sybex.com. We're always looking for ways to improve our
publishing program, and customer feedback is the best first-step
toward accomplshing that.
Neil Edde
Associate Publisher, Certification
Sybex, Inc.
> Well I am a Sybex hater. As a reference, they are okay. But for learning
> out of, they are limited. As a teacher, finding a good textbook is part of
> the job description. All of the teachers at my school agree with me about
> Sybex: reference - yes; textbook/learning aid - no.
> MS Press produces some okay books, most of the time. Also, Course
> Technology does a pretty good job. Those are our preferences.
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| David Brignola 2003-06-18, 9:25 am |
| Not to flame Ray, but the least you could do would be to give him some feed
back on what could be better.....
"Ray" <ray.rayz@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Well, Neil Edde, I do not know about your 70-270 product but let me
> comment about the Sybex MCSE Core Requirements Virtual Lab. Are you
> going to tell me that the product is finished. I paid a good buck for
> that product and though your 2000 books are pretty good, the virtual lab
> is not woth the shipping that I paid for it let alone the cost of the
> product. In two words, IT SUCKS!
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> Ray
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> Neil Edde wrote:
> > Hi there,
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> > My name is Neil Edde and I'm the Associate Publisher responsible for
> > Sybex's Study Guides. I spend a fair amount of time reviewing the
> > posts in these newsgroups, as I feel it's important to know what's on
> > the minds of IT certification candidates. I won't take up anyone's
> > time trying to defend Sybex's approach to publishing certification
> > Study Guides, but I will say that if anyone has any constructive
> > feedback that they'd like to provide me about what they do or don't
> > like about a particular Sybex Study Guide, or about Sybex Study Guides
> > in general, they should feel free to e-mail me directly at
> > nedde@sybex.com. We're always looking for ways to improve our
> > publishing program, and customer feedback is the best first-step
> > toward accomplshing that.
> >
> > Neil Edde
> > Associate Publisher, Certification
> > Sybex, Inc.
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> >>Sybex: reference - yes; textbook/learning aid - no.
> >>MS Press produces some okay books, most of the time. Also, Course
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