Great book, but quite large!
I read this book and learned a lot about PCs and operating systems. Perhaps the best thing about the book is the many diagrams that guide the reader through the concepts. I was weak on the hardware side of PCs, but this book filled in the gaps in my knowledge.Unfortunately, the book is huge. It is hard to study for the exams because it takes a long, long time to study a book of this size. I forgot some of the things from the first part of the book by the time I got to the last part of the book. You might want to consider using a short study guide to prep for the exam after working through this book.My advice for the A+ exams: Be sure to pause after the hardware stuff, prep for the exam, take the hardware exam, and then move quickly into studying for the OS stuff. Break it up, otherwise the amount of information can become overwhelming. (I think you have 90 days to take one exam after passing the first).A great book to learn from. A bit overwhelming because of its depth.