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| John West 2005-07-27, 7:57 pm |
| Gang
Does anyone have any preference or experience with the Sybex or Microsoft
Press books? I have been reading the
MS Press books thus far and the language used in the books seems to be quite
extensive to explain any particular topic.
I guess what I am trying to say by that statement is that they are using a
quarter word when a nickel word would do the
same job.
I find that I often have to reread, not all, but some parts of a topic to
get the meaning. Don't get me wrong, my English is great,
but this book is I guess one would say, overwritten! What books seem to
the the norm for the study on your own crowd?
Any suggestions would be very helpful!
Thanks
John
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| Andy Barkl [MVP] 2005-07-27, 7:57 pm |
| "John West" <John@West.com> wrote in message
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> Gang
>
> Does anyone have any preference or experience with the Sybex or Microsoft
> Press books? I have been reading the
> MS Press books thus far and the language used in the books seems to be
> quite
> extensive to explain any particular topic.
> I guess what I am trying to say by that statement is that they are using a
> quarter word when a nickel word would do the
> same job.
>
> I find that I often have to reread, not all, but some parts of a topic to
> get the meaning. Don't get me wrong, my English is great,
> but this book is I guess one would say, overwritten! What books seem to
> the the norm for the study on your own crowd?
>
> Any suggestions would be very helpful!
>
> Thanks
>
> John
The latest (Windows 2003) Sybex books are the same as the Microsoft Press in
regards to your point. The Microsoft Press are more technically accurate but
sometimes fail to cover every topic. I would recommend both books to get the
most out your self-study efforts.
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| catwalker63 2005-07-27, 7:57 pm |
| I'm going to have to agree with Andy. There are two purposes to this
exam process: to pass the exams and to learn the material. Don't lose
site of the need to learn the material because that will stand you better
in the long run than passing the exam. To really learn the material you
need to examine more than one source and get your hands on the product a
lot. Both Sybex and MS Press have a good reputation. Google the
newsgroups for recommendations for other materials, search the MS website
for documentation, and check the bood reviews at Amazon and such to find
out more specific information about the books for a specific test.
Good luck!
--
Catwalker
aka Pu$$y Feet
BS, MCP
"Definitely not wearing any underwear."
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| YamaMoto 2005-07-27, 8:00 pm |
| Buy the Sybex book and set up a 2003 Domain that consist of at least 3
servers. Perform all the exercise labs on your network.
Cheers,
"catwalker63" <_catwalker63_@hotmamamail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9587D03FFC503catwalker
63athotmail@216.196.97.136...
> I'm going to have to agree with Andy. There are two purposes to this
> exam process: to pass the exams and to learn the material. Don't lose
> site of the need to learn the material because that will stand you better
> in the long run than passing the exam. To really learn the material you
> need to examine more than one source and get your hands on the product a
> lot. Both Sybex and MS Press have a good reputation. Google the
> newsgroups for recommendations for other materials, search the MS website
> for documentation, and check the bood reviews at Amazon and such to find
> out more specific information about the books for a specific test.
>
> Good luck!
>
> --
> Catwalker
> aka Pu$$y Feet
> BS, MCP
>
> "Definitely not wearing any underwear."
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